... proved inconsequential. As a result by the end of this forty-six year era British colonial relations had oscillated greatly. Political control decayed because those in charge did not react soon enough, allowing financial necessity to prioritise their policy rather than focusing upon much needed consolidation. The theoretical approach applied to Robert Walpole's early eighteenth century government (1721-1742) ... , proved detrimental and extensively weakened the strict controls the Board of Trade and Royal Governors should have assumed. Allowing trade that suited non-intervention to domin...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

... of peace in Europe to allow economic development and the commercial growth of trade between the European powers. As the great powers exerted their influence and took a greater control of European affairs territories were expanded, the smaller states became somewhat weaker and as a consequence the great powers became stronger and the balance of power in Europe was ... governments became more centralised and there was a widespread adoption of direct rule throughout Europe extending governmental communication into the very depths of rural communities, setting up a continuous administrative ...

• Word Count: 951
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

... of peace in Europe to allow economic development and the commercial growth of trade between the European powers. As the great powers exerted their influence and took a greater control of European affairs territories were expanded, the smaller states became somewhat weaker and as a consequence the great powers became stronger and the balance of power in Europe was ... governments became more centralised and there was a widespread adoption of direct rule throughout Europe extending governmental communication into the very depths of rural communities, setting up a continuous administrative ...

• Word Count: 926
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate