In Britain the formation of the nation state was a result of long drawn out process. Discuss.

. • There was no British Nation prior to the 18th century
• The primary identities of the people who inhabited the British Isles ethnic ones Such as
English, Welsh, Scot or Irish
• All of these ethnic groups had their own cultural and political traditions.
• But as the English Nation steadily gain wealth, importance and power, it
was able to extend its influence over the other nations of the Island.