This is a question has been bothering me as someone who’s country was colonized by the British Empire. We were taught about it in schools and how it lost power over time but never how the USA came to take its place especially over such a short compared to the British Empire.
I am talking out my ass, but didn’t the UK basically overextend itself with its colonies and have to let them loose so it could focus on issues at home?
Because the cost of two world wars broke the bank, and the US saw the opportunity to seize global hegemony.