The economy of England, Kipling’s residence when he wrote “If”, was changing very rapidly. First was the death of one of England’s greatest queens, Queen Victoria, in 1900(Glennon 19). Then a new area of work opened, the Telegraph became the first long-distance communication on December 12, 1901. This message was the letter “S” sent in Morse code from England traveling 1800 miles to Newfoundland (Glennon 18). The Boer War had depleted the English Treasury and this war finally came to an end, in favor of the Africans, in 1902. This depleted the economic surplus England had before th

Technology changed along with the economy and helped influence daily life. The skies were opened up even more with the invention of the helicopter in 1907 (Glennon 56). Then came the invention of Gas Masks in 1915, which saved the lives of countless soldiers and civilians in the years past (Glennon 114). Tanks came into play in 1917. The British were the first to incorporate their use into battle. They launched a massive assault in the Battle of Cambria on November 20th, 1917 using 324 tanks. (Glennon 128) The Tractor, which revolutionized farming rolled out in 1917 and completely changed the way farmers tended their crops (Glennon 130). This technology piled up on the other changes in England, especially the largest change… the politics of the 20th century.

e war and caused them to lose more money on reconstruction. (Glennon 24) The British also built luxury liners like the great Lusitania, completed in 1907 and outfitted with ten twelve inch guns (Glennon 54). Then came Ford’s model T, rolling out all over the world and creating new jobs in 1908 (Glennon 60). All of these contributed to the changing economy and went hand in hand with the new technologies coming out.

Religion and Science created the greatest controversies and change. Darwin’s theory of Evolution created many controversial and radical ideas to form. One idea was the idea of modernists. These people came into the church

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