What were the goals of british imperial reformers?

Answer 1

British Imperial reformers had many goals in the newly settled colonies of America. The new reformers, or Territorial Imperialists, argued with older Commercial Imperialistsabout what to do with the land. Old imperial design of Britain was to control foreign land just for trade, however the new design was to not only control, but also colonize, any recently conquered lands. This shows that land could actually be used as of better value to support a bigger population and Britain would be glorified for successful colonies. After the French and Indian War, a debate about trading a French sugar island in the West Indies for American land in the North by Canada arose. The Territorial Imperialists opposed this offer and prevailed to keep the American land for themselves. Benjamin Franklin, an American Territorial Imperialist, strongly drove the idea that any vast American land they owned was extremely valuable because of the accelerated growth of American population would promptly fill all of the provinces and eventually expand more to the West. As result of these ideas and offers, the population exponentially grew by the millions into North America, specifically the modern day United States.