February 5 The most powerful nation on earth
George Canning (1770-1827), fs 1822-1827
I. The domestic sphere
A. defeat of radicalism
B. post-war depression
C. declining monarchy
II. Foreign policy
A. Congress of Vienna [map]/ compensation
B. Concert of Europe
C. isolationism
III. Empire
A. informal empire
mercantilism > free trade
B. formal empire
"the swing to the east"
Company-State
C. migration
-1815-1850 800,000 to BNA
-Cape Colony
-"Australia"
-NZ
-USA
