With the rest of Europe being controlled in a complex string of alliances and treaties during the later half of the 19th century, Britain remained uninvolved. Their policy of “Splendid Isolation” was to keep themselves out of the quarrels and disputes of continental Europe, and allow them to focus on their overseas empire. With the crowing of a new Kaiser in Germany, and the interest of other nations to hold overseas colonies, Britain’s colonial …showed first 75 words of 1221 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1221 total…Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. The ending of British isolation is the result of Kaiser William II’s aggressive foreign policy and naval expansion, the Fashoda Crisis and the Boer War in Africa, and Russia’s expansion to territory around India. With Britain now allied with France and Russia, Europe has now been split into two sides. This split will eventually lead to the events that initiate the start of the First World War. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**