King Of The Seas

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States history the major nations of the world, such as England, France and Germany, have ignored the United States in political matters but this invention and the ironclad to ironclad battle changed a large percentage of their attitudes toward the United States. It made America become feared and respected by large European nations and all the major nations looked at this invention with pure respect and awe. (Love,29) The invention of the ironclad has helped to push America higher on the ladder to becoming a major world power and to be included in major decisions of the world. The ironclads caused a long range of reaction in navies and gave America a push for the influence they wanted in Europe. Many say that the invention of the ironclad is quite possibly one of the chief reasons for the continued existence of the United States. (Mac Bride,43) In the past people have often thought of naval ships as only tools of war. Many never considered that a ship could be useful in improving ...

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tradition. Two days after the first battle of ironclads, England declared the use of the wooden ship obsolete. (Arthur,247) The secretary of the Confederacy, Stephen R. Mallory declared, “ I regard the possession of an iron armored ship as a matter of first necessity.” (Sharf,43) A British admiral also said, “ The possession of an Iron clad navy would advance Europe. Such ships at this time would traverse our entire navy and if to cope with other navies on the open seas we must have no more wooden ships built because our inequality will build up our vulnerability.” (Mahan, 102) “Most of these innovations came about by pure chance and genius. All these ‘...machinations of chance often ...

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