To understand America's relationship with the United Kingdom today, and this with Europe, we must first begin to understand where it all began. The European hegemony of the 19th century was mainly due to Great Britain which managed to assert its power in global trade. At first the European countries represented a great power, the new advances in new forms of trade, which emerged in Britain and later developed in the rest of the world, gave Britain and Europe in general a privileged place compared to other economies. The growing specialization of the British economy was clearly reflected in the rapid increase in the importance of foreign trade to the country. In 1880 the index's possession of industrial, manufacturing and machinery exporting power represented, including England, Germany and the United States. they were the main exporters. These three countries increased their power through monopoly until the outbreak of World War I. And in 1913 the order of importance of the nations was changed to Germany, the United States and Great Britain. After the war, England had achieved its objectives, the elimination of Germany, the liquidation of its colonial possessions and the expansion of the English colonies. But despite the victory, England was weakened by the war. The political consequences of the First World War also affected the entire European continent, and even the United States, which entered a crisis. At the end of the First World War, Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States, introduced the 14 points on which the peace conditions were based. He also established the League of Nations to prevent any conflict between European countries, but the agency failed in 1939 when World War II, World War II, broke out again. As...... middle of paper......itically motivated because in today's world we live in it can only be experienced with a powerful alliance and a common foreign policy. In their relationship with Europe, Britain is creating a union different to that with America, but potentially just as strong. There is no common language between the two and they do not share the same values, but England has always been interested in being part of it. For this reason, Great Britain has become a sort of “hinge” between the United States and the rest of Europe. The United Kingdom has, politically speaking, many more issues in common with the United States than with Europe in general, with which it shares only the cultural and social past. From a strategic point of view, the British decision is coherent and is not destined to change, so much so that the EU should start asking itself whether the United Kingdom is a great community resource for the future or whether, on the contrary, it is one of its greatest problems..