HIS311Y1 Lecture Notes - John And James Woolf, Lake Ontario, Histidine
Document Summary
If we look at the demographics and gdp we see that in mid 18th century france is richer and more populous than great britain. If we follow that logic it should be that france should defeat great. Britain had evolved a system of government and administration and finance that was superior to. France and allowed the british to mobilize the resources they that had much better than the french. That was particularly true for the very expensive form of military expenditure- the navy. You have to keep it in being, it isn"t just something for wartime. It has to be professional. the british were much better at keep a navy built and supplied than the french were. It was not just the raw figures of power, it is how you are able to put that power into use. The british had million people in their colonies by middle of 18th century.
