The emergence, development and grandness of the first British Empire was guided by Mercantilism, it became the fundamental nature of the Old Empire, so the characteristic of the British old colonial system was laxly controlled in politic and rigidly in economy. 整个第一英帝国就是在重商主义理论指导下产生、发展、壮大的,重商主义成了旧帝国最主要的特征。因而,英国旧的殖民体制的特点就表现为政治上控制松弛、经济上严格限制。
The Characteristic of British Old Colonial System and the Reason of It's Disintegration 英国旧殖民体制的特征及其瓦解的原因
But shortly after the end of the war, the crisis that contained in the old colonial system broke out. 然而战争结束不久,蕴藏于旧的殖民体制之中的危机便迅即爆发。