How did Britain contribute to the start of World War I?
Q. We're having a debate in History tomorrow with each group assigned a country to blame for the war. (Yes, we know it was everyone's fault collectively, it's school.) My team has Britain. So far we have a basic outline, but it's difficult to elaborate on the argument--all I have is that Britain was forcing other countries to compete with it economically and had a lot of colonies.
Asked by Emily C - Thu Mar 12 12:04:52 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Britain wanted to avoid getting involved in a European war but it had signed a treaty that obliged it to defend Belgian neutrality. The British government therefore had limited choices once the Germans had invaded Belgium so they sent an ultimatum to Berlin demanding that the Germans withdraw their troops otherwise it would be regarded as an act of war. If it weren't for the treaty Britain might still have gone to war in order to prevent Germany conquering France and gaining control of the Channel ports. That would have posed a threat to the power of the Royal Navy and it is unlikely that the British government would have allowed that to happen.
Answered by Andymcj 78 (Atheist) - Thu Mar 12 12:16:27 2009

Would Britain have declared war on France if it had invaded Belgium during the 19th and 20th century?
Q. France was planning to attack Germany through Belgium Britain had a deal with Belgium defend Belgium's neutrality France dropped it's plans for invading Belgium but what if it had and the Germans didn't.
Asked by mars_cats_pineapple - Mon Oct 29 15:03:37 2007 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. It is without a doubt that in the mid 18th century, Britain would have helped defend Belgium from any invasion force, including the French becuase of the Treaty of London. This was becuase Belgium was one of the busiest routes for Britain to transport supplies and trade into mainland Europe. However, in the later stages of the 18th century, Britain would not have dared to attack France, mainly becuase of the 1,000,000 Prussian force that was invading the western part of Europe. Britain would not have wanted to have taken sides at that time becuase her army was too small to contend against the Prussian force and if it joined the French, then it would have lost. As a result, when the Prussians did attack Belgium,Gladstone, the Prime… [cont.]
Answered by Big Mac - Mon Oct 29 16:28:49 2007

How were Roman Gaul and Britain affected by the patterns of the?
Q. How were Roman Gaul and Britain affected by the patterns of the barbaric invasions in Europe and the fall of the Roman Empire?
Asked by mikepen91165 - Sun Mar 15 12:57:01 2009 - - 1 Answers - 1 Comments

A. Since britains an Island for the most part it was unaffected. Rome granted britain freedom so long as they would be allies but britain ignored the requests most of the time. Gaul however suffered directly from the huns who exterminated the alani and alamanni. The hunnish thing blew over though after the loss at chalons (or the catalonian fields) in 451ad. however it wasn't just the huns there were goths, vandals (an actual people whom we get the word from) gepids, and all kinds of tribes marauding across the countryside of gaul as a result of the legal vacuum rome left. However things settled down and the goths (ironically) ended up keeping the roman culture alive since they took all their stuff. Clovis I (France's real father)… [cont.]
Answered by Riley M - Thu Mar 19 00:59:18 2009