>Some good stuff: - scientific revolution in physics, chemistry, electromagnetics, medicine, astronomy, biology, etc. - industrial revolution: steam, locomotive

>Some good stuff: - scientific revolution in physics, chemistry, electromagnetics, medicine, astronomy, biology, etc. - industrial revolution: steam, locomotives, construction, mining, etc. - legal codes and systems - parliamentary democracies - standards for trade and commerce - English language as lingua franca The worst of "revisionist" history! Much of the "Scientific Revolution" was due more to Europeans in general rather than the British per se. The "legal codes and systems" were designed entirely with self-interest in mind and destroyed whole societies which were more community-based and self-sustaining in nature. The fact that they have become dominant is entirely the result of the "Colonial Era" and not due to any inherent "goodness" i.e. they are an "accident of history".