Egypt has seen its fair share of foreign influence “from the Ottoman in the 16th century to the French and British in the late 19th and early 20th centuries ”. Egyptian society was repeatedly subjected to foreign empires. Egypt was subject to British occupation from the 19th century to the 20th century. In the early part of the 20th century, Egypt managed to gain its independence from Great Britain, but not after years of rebellion and protests by the Egyptians. Britain's influence in Egypt began in the 19th century and gradually increased until “the British occupation of Egypt in 1882”. 2 Britain, with the assistance of France, would assert economic and political control of Egypt when and where it saw fit. This meant that whenever an incident occurred that would jeopardize Britain's authority over Egypt, Britain would assert its power. Britain would do this by intervening directly in government or by using its extraordinarily powerful military machine. Due to the mismanagement of Ismail Pasha's Egyptian government, "in 1876 Great Britain and France virtually assumed joint control of the troubled country's finances." 31. Lang, Anthony F, From revolutions to constitutions: the case of Egypt. International Affairs 89, no. 2:345-363 (2013). Academic research completed, EBSCOhost.2. Baha Abu-Laban, The Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 1, no. 2 (January 1967), pp. 179-198. JSTOR3. The American Journal of International Law, vol. 9, no. 1 (January 1915), pp. 202-204. JHISTORY In the following years, Britain's influence in Egypt continued to increase while that of France weakened. In 1881 France was unable to help England when "Great Britain invited France to intervene jointly... to...... middle of paper...... ration and responded with its own. After the rejection of Britain's statements, the conflict between the nationalists and Britain began. These denials led to Egypt getting most of what it wanted with a unilateral declaration he will abolish the protectorate and leave Egypt free to develop the national institutions best suited to the aspirations of the people.” 15 In exchange for the end of the occupation of Egypt, under certain circumstances Britain could intervene in Egyptian affairs. One of these circumstances was the ability of Great Britain Britain to intervene if a foreign country threatened Egypt or Britain's affairs in Egypt. After years of fighting the Egyptian people had finally gotten what they wanted. 1515. “Free Egypt.” Times [London, England] 1 March 1922: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Network. April 22. 2014