Imperial Federation
Unadopted plan for a federal superstate replacing the British Empire.
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Supporters argued that the empire's potential was wasted because it lacked political unity, common policies, or central direction.[1] India would be ruled directly by this parliament, while dominions and crown colonies would have internal self-government accountable to London.[2] Around the 1880s, the British Empire's land area constituted one-quarter of the globe, and its population made up one-fifth of humanity.[1] The envisioned parliament for the federation was meant to manage internal trade, foreign relations, and defense matters collectively for the entire entity.[2]
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- Political proposal
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- Proposed federal superstate to replace the British Empire
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Edward Ellis Morris reminded listeners in 1885 that travel from Melbourne or Singapore to London was now as easy as from Orkney to London in 1707.[3] Canadian advocates of imperial federation were termed "Canadian Imperialists," an ideology identified separately from Canadian nationalism by Carl Berger's 1970 book.[4] During an 1897 address to the Fellows of All Souls at Oxford, Albert Venn Dicey put forward a concept of Anglo-Saxon "intercitizenship."[5] Among the prominent Canadian Imperialists were George Monro Grant, Sir George Robert Parkin, Stephen Leacock, Sir Sam Hughes, and George Taylor Denison III.[4]
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- Wikipedia, "Imperial Federation" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bernard Porter, The Lion's Share: A Short History of British Imperialism 1850–1970 (1975) p 133 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Imperial Federation" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kenneth J. Panton, Historical Dictionary of the British Empire (2015) p. 238. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Imperial Federation" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Smith, 1921. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Imperial Federation" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Trent, "Imperial Federation: The Problem of National Unity.", Political Science Quarterly, 1893, p. 174; "FEDERATION FOR ENGLAND.; IMPERIAL FEDERATION. The Problem of National Unity. By George R. Parkin, M.A. With map. 12mo. New-York: Macmillan & Co.", The New York Times, 1892-08-28; Imperialism . The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2013-07-17. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Imperial Federation" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: L. Dyer, "Anglo-Saxon Citizenship," The Barrister 3 (1897):107. Cited in Dimitry Kochenov (2019) Citizenship ISBN 9780262537797, page 139. (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
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