The Rise of The British Empire! What Was The Genesis? How It Came About? Motivat

Question:How the idea of colonizing and invading other countries and ruling them found followers among the elite and populace and became part of the British very soul in particular among the English?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: How the idea of colonizing and invading other countries and ruling them found followers among the elite and populace and became part of the British very soul in particular among the English?

It was initially prompted by greed . The lust for precious metals from the New World.
This later developed into a desire to increase and protect trade with the rest of the world made possible by the strongest navy in the world.
Any opposition whether from the natives or other imperial powers was met with lethal force..
If there was any other philosophy attached to this activity it was to promote the spread of Christianity.
The Africans used to say "When the white man came we had the land and he had the bible. Now we have the bible and he has the land,"