What is the relationship between the British government and British business in each document?
The Viewpoints documents in this chapter (Documents 23-2 and 23-3) point to the effect on human society of the modern age and specifically the Industrial Revolution. How do the different documents describe this effect?
Which documents portray industry most positively? Cite examples and explain.
Do Owen’s observations (Document 23-2) support or refute Malthus’s theory of population (Document 23-1)? Explain.
What do the image from the Sikh Wars (Document 23-4) and the Treaty of Balta-Liman (Document 23-5) tell you about the willingness of the British to use force, and the threat of force, to advance their global economic agenda?
Convention of Commerce and Navigation Between Her Majesty and the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (London: J. Harrison and Son, 1839), 3–6.