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Were the principal objectives of British foreign policy between 1830-1880 primarily determined by the nation's economic needs?
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Were the principal objectives of British foreign policy between 1830-1880 primarily determined by the nation's economic needs? In order to evaluate the motives and methods of British foreign policy within the period stated, it is necessary to determine what constituted British Foreign Policy. Whilst considering closely the various events that shaped British foreign policy in the early and mid parts of the nineteenth century, it is also important to relate them to and to see them in the context of reform. Britain saw a dramatic series of reforms in domestic and political spheres, these changes had an effect on government policy and most notably in foreign policy, as Jane Sampson (2001 p. 21) astutely observes: "It should also be remembered that the 1840's were a period of particular tension at home, with the Chartist troubles rising to their height and that was one of Aberdeen's most important functions; to...
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