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British policy toward the ambitions of France in the two states Tunisia and Tripoli (1830-1882) | ||
| Al-Mustansiriya Journal of Arts | ||
| Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 71, 2017, Pages 1-29 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ayad Tarkan Ibrahim; Hanan Talal Jassim | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This research paper describes the orientation of British foreign policy toward the ambitions of France in the states of Tunisia and Tripoli during the nearly fifty years of the nineteenth century (1830-1882), and that such growth stage and expansion in the influence of the British Empire at the level of the whole world, and this growth parallels the growth the of the global colonial movement due to the impact of the Industrial Revolution and that results in the development of economic, social and political life. European countries have sought to control the global trade routes, particularly maritime routes, and the Mediterranean Sea is a vital area for Britain being located on the road to India first, and because of its important strategic location overlooking the continents of the old world i.e. Europe, Africa and Asia, and it controls transportation between these continents. British competition increased - the French in the Mediterranean basin, and the invasion of France to Egypt in 1798 has been as an alarm for Britain and its presence increased in the region after the Napoleonic Wars (1797-1815), and after the occupation of France to Algeria in 1830 British activity increased in North Africa to prevent France from extension control over the area, the British government refused to make the French troops stay for a long time in Algeria.The states of Tunisia and Tripoli has been hotly contested between Britain and France to get privileges and influence, and Italy entered on the competition line too in late nineteenth century, and eventually Britain and France entered in the bargains during the Berlin Conference 1878 concerning the sharing of the two states and it was decided that France put its protection on Tunisia in 1881 against the imposition of Britain's protection of Egypt in 1882, and Italy was freely left to deal with the state of Tripoli. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| policy; France; the two states; Tripoli | ||
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