HIS311Y1 Lecture Notes - Lake Superior, Corn Laws, Allan Macnab
Document Summary
The treaty of ghent puts an end to war, but it also beings two centuries of peaceful relations. One answer is that neither side after 1815 really saw any profit in going to war with the other. In other words there was nothing the either side thought it could gain. Britain: in the british case the british were preoccupied with. Europe in the years after 1815: the british were building a world wide empire. There is really no ability on the part of any country to challenge the british empire or great britain itself: the instrument for enforcing british power is the royal. The period of 1850 1855 is one where there is no rival to the royal navy: after 1850 the french simply give up. France: the french have their own internal problems between. 1815 and 1865: france has the bourbon restoration. The french have a lot to do and were not interested in confrontining great britain.
