The imperialism of free trade: British

Imperialism of free trade was a term created by J. Gallagher and R. Robinson. This interpretation has remained unchallenged. They concentrated on the mid-victorian and that the British showed themselves willing to apply it. British governments were ready to establish and keep British paramountcy by whatever means suited the circumstances. The only thing that they didn't want was to enter political conflicts. For example, British was much interested in south america or in Mexico but it could not afford to trade with them because it knew that it would have felt obliged to intervene and restore order in order to create a stable government. British protected its interest very much. in order to trade, it will make contracts with the country it was interested in and guarranty them weapons or provide them with assistance for the rebellious colonies but sometimes their offers were refused, that it is what happened with Castlereagh who was the king of latin America in the 1800's.