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4162: 39: 3293: 677: 2549: 3118: 3668: 1980:, passed the following year, abolished slavery in the British Empire on 1 August 1834, finally bringing the empire into line with the law in the UK (with the exception of the territories administered by the East India Company and Ceylon, where slavery was ended in 1844). Under the Act, slaves were granted full emancipation after a period of four to six years of "apprenticeship". Facing further opposition from abolitionists, the apprenticeship system was abolished in 1838. The British government compensated slave-owners. 402: 1695: 3472: 2188: 932: 16544: 46: 16640: 1465: 2661: 16623: 1804: 4021: 2329: 14036: 78: 16520: 2839: 14046: 1704: 2926: 2029: 16606: 818:, but rising costs soon led English traders to embrace the use of imported African slaves. The enormous wealth generated by slave-produced sugar made Barbados the most successful colony in the Americas, and one of the most densely populated places in the world. This boom led to the spread of sugar cultivation across the Caribbean, financed the development of non-plantation colonies in North America, and accelerated the growth of the 16589: 12115: 3258:" blowing. Their priorities changed to maintaining an extensive zone of British influence and ensuring that stable, non-Communist governments were established in former colonies. In this context, while other European powers such as France and Portugal waged costly and unsuccessful wars to keep their empires intact, Britain generally adopted a policy of peaceful disengagement from its colonies, although violence occurred in 897:. In the British Caribbean, the percentage of the population of African descent rose from 25 per cent in 1650 to around 80 per cent in 1780, and in the Thirteen Colonies from 10 per cent to 40 per cent over the same period (the majority in the southern colonies). The transatlantic slave trade played a pervasive role in British economic life, and became a major economic mainstay for western port cities. Ships registered in 16572: 16532: 2600:. As the dominions gained greater autonomy, they would come to be recognized as distinct realms of the empire with unique customs and symbols of their own. Imperial identity, through imagery such as patriotic artworks and banners, began developing into a form that attempted to be more inclusive by showcasing the empire as a family of newly birthed nations with common roots. 1097: 3254:, and therefore the United States supported the continued existence of the British Empire to keep Communist expansion in check. At first, British politicians believed it would be possible to maintain Britain's role as a world power at the head of a re-imagined Commonwealth, but by 1960 they were forced to recognise that there was an irresistible " 2444:'s 44 per cent shareholding in the Suez Canal for £4 million (equivalent to £480 million in 2023). Although this did not grant outright control of the strategic waterway, it did give Britain leverage. Joint Anglo-French financial control over Egypt ended in outright British occupation in 1882. Although Britain controlled the 3389:, while Arabs were opposed to the creation of a Jewish state. Frustrated by the intractability of the problem, attacks by Jewish paramilitary organisations and the increasing cost of maintaining its military presence, Britain announced in 1947 that it would withdraw in 1948 and leave the matter to the United Nations to solve. The 4161: 3202:, which had previously been hailed as an impregnable fortress and the eastern equivalent of Gibraltar. The realisation that Britain could not defend its entire empire pushed Australia and New Zealand, which now appeared threatened by Japanese forces, into closer ties with the United States and, ultimately, the 1951 316:, during which Britain relied heavily on its empire. The conflict placed enormous strain on its military, financial, and manpower resources. Although the empire achieved its largest territorial extent immediately after the First World War, Britain was no longer the world's preeminent industrial or military power. 881:

between 1688 and 1712 allowed independent British slave traders to thrive, leading to a rapid escalation in the number of slaves transported. British ships carried a third of all slaves shipped across the Atlantic—approximately 3.5 million Africans—until the abolition of the trade by Parliament in 1807 (see

3051:, which had been incorporated into the terms of the mandate, stated that a national home for the Jewish people would be established in Palestine, and Jewish immigration allowed up to a limit that would be determined by the mandatory power. This led to increasing conflict with the Arab population, who openly 1414:) to defuse tensions between the French and British communities, and implemented governmental systems similar to those employed in Britain, with the intention of asserting imperial authority and not allowing the sort of popular control of government that was perceived to have led to the American Revolution. 3623:, which included the ones in the Middle East, and primarily from Malaysia and Singapore by the end of 1971, instead of 1975 as earlier planned. By that time over 50,000 British military personnel were still stationed in the Far East, including 30,000 in Singapore. The British granted independence to the 2635:

was defeated in Parliament. Although the bill, if passed, would have granted Ireland less autonomy within the UK than the Canadian provinces had within their own federation, many MPs feared that a partially independent Ireland might pose a security threat to Great Britain or mark the beginning of the

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During the 1760s and early 1770s, relations between the Thirteen Colonies and Britain became increasingly strained, primarily because of resentment of the British Parliament's attempts to govern and tax American colonists without their consent. This was summarised at the time by the colonists' slogan

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and, for a century, was the foremost global power. By 1913, the British Empire held sway over 412 million people, 23 percent of the world population at the time, and by 1920, it covered 35.5 million km (13.7 million sq mi), 24 per cent of the Earth's total land

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in September 1939 included the Crown colonies and India but did not automatically commit the Dominions of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Newfoundland and South Africa. All soon declared war on Germany. While Britain continued to regard Ireland as still within the British Commonwealth, Ireland chose

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on the subcontinent in which it is estimated that over 15 million people died. The East India Company had failed to implement any coordinated policy to deal with the famines during its period of rule. Later, under direct British rule, commissions were set up after each famine to investigate the

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and establishing a colony in North America, but the expedition was aborted before it had crossed the Atlantic. In 1583, he embarked on a second attempt. On this occasion, he formally claimed the harbour of the island of Newfoundland, although no settlers were left behind. Gilbert did not survive the

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say that the economic and institutional development the British Empire brought resulted in a net benefit to its colonies. Other historians treat its legacy as varied and ambiguous. Public attitudes towards the empire within 21st-century Britain have been broadly positive although sentiment towards

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For Churchill, the entry of the United States into the war was the "greatest joy". He felt that Britain was now assured of victory, but failed to recognise that the "many disasters, immeasurable costs and tribulations lay ahead" in December 1941 would have permanent consequences for the future of

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in 1857, a conflict that had begun with the mutiny of sepoys, Indian troops under British officers and discipline. The rebellion took six months to suppress, with heavy loss of life on both sides. The following year the British government dissolved the company and assumed direct control over India

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Between 1815 and 1914, a period referred to as Britain's "imperial century" by some historians, around 10 million sq mi (26 million km) of territory and roughly 400 million people were added to the British Empire. Victory over Napoleon left Britain without any serious

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Britain was challenged again by France under Napoleon, in a struggle that, unlike previous wars, represented a contest of ideologies between the two nations. It was not only Britain's position on the world stage that was at risk: Napoleon threatened to invade Britain itself, just as his armies had

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The changing world order that the war had brought about, in particular the growth of the United States and Japan as naval powers, and the rise of independence movements in India and Ireland, caused a major reassessment of British imperial policy. Forced to choose between alignment with the United

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very publicly exposed Britain's limitations to the world and confirmed Britain's decline on the world stage and its end as a first-rate power, demonstrating that henceforth it could no longer act without at least the acquiescence, if not the full support, of the United States. The events at Suez

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Though Britain and the empire emerged victorious from the Second World War, the effects of the conflict were profound, both at home and abroad. Much of Europe, a continent that had dominated the world for several centuries, was in ruins, and host to the armies of the United States and the Soviet

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returned to power in Britain under the leadership of Winston Churchill. Churchill and the Conservatives believed that Britain's position as a world power relied on the continued existence of the empire, with the base at the Suez Canal allowing Britain to maintain its pre-eminent position in the

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was granted a monopoly on the supply of slaves to the British colonies in the Caribbean. The company would transport more slaves across the Atlantic than any other, and significantly grew England's share of the trade, from 33 per cent in 1673 to 74 per cent in 1683. The removal of this monopoly

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under which they live" should be respected. This wording was ambiguous as to whether it referred to European countries invaded by Germany and Italy, or the peoples colonised by European nations, and would later be interpreted differently by the British, Americans, and nationalist movements.

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later described the mindset she believed had befallen Britain's political leaders after Suez where they "went from believing that Britain could do anything to an almost neurotic belief that Britain could do nothing", from which Britain did not recover until the successful recapture of the

626:, ending hostilities with Spain. Now at peace with its main rival, English attention shifted from preying on other nations' colonial infrastructures to the business of establishing its own overseas colonies. The British Empire began to take shape during the early 17th century, with the 1119:

Great Britain rise to be the world's dominant colonial power, with France becoming its main rival on the imperial stage. Great Britain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and the Holy Roman Empire continued the War of the Spanish Succession, which lasted until 1714 and was concluded by the

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were provided with a choice to either remain independent or join India or Pakistan. Millions of Muslims crossed from India to Pakistan and Hindus vice versa, and violence between the two communities cost hundreds of thousands of lives. Burma, which had been administered as part of

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The East India Company drove the expansion of the British Empire in Asia. The company's army had first joined forces with the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War, and the two continued to co-operate in arenas outside India: the eviction of the French from Egypt (1799), the

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were considered too uncivilised to require treaties, and colonisation brought disease and violence that together with the deliberate dispossession of land and culture were devastating to these peoples. Britain continued to transport convicts to New South Wales until 1840, to

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in 1805. Overseas colonies were attacked and occupied, including those of the Netherlands, which was annexed by Napoleon in 1810. France was finally defeated by a coalition of European armies in 1815. Britain was again the beneficiary of peace treaties: France ceded the

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since the 1730s. This trade, illegal since it was outlawed by China in 1729, helped reverse the trade imbalances resulting from the British imports of tea, which saw large outflows of silver from Britain to China. In 1839, the confiscation by the Chinese authorities at

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In the East Indies, British and Dutch merchants continued to compete in spices and textiles. With textiles becoming the larger trade, by 1720, in terms of sales, the British company had overtaken the Dutch. During the middle decades of the 18th century, there were

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to the American colonies had been a penalty for various offences in Britain, with approximately one thousand convicts transported per year. Forced to find an alternative location after the loss of the Thirteen Colonies in 1783, the British government turned to

3722:, in which tens of thousands of suspected rebels were interned by the colonial government in detention camps to suppress the rebellion and over 1000 convicts executed, with records systematically destroyed. Throughout the 1960s, the British government took a " 8365: 3047:. Iraq, a British mandate since 1920, gained membership of the League in its own right after achieving independence from Britain in 1932. In Palestine, Britain was presented with the problem of mediating between the Arabs and increasing numbers of Jews. The 2759:

signed in 1919, the empire reached its greatest extent with the addition of 1.8 million sq mi (4.7 million km) and 13 million new subjects. The colonies of Germany and the Ottoman Empire were distributed to the Allied powers as

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against the Ottoman Empire had a great impact on the national consciousness at home and marked a watershed in the transition of Australia and New Zealand from colonies to nations in their own right. The countries continue to commemorate this occasion on

3082:, declaring Britain and the Dominions to be "autonomous Communities within the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another" within a "British Commonwealth of Nations". This declaration was given legal substance under the 1931 3603:'s foreign policy was to remain firmly aligned with the United States. Although Britain granted Kuwait independence in 1961, it continued to maintain a military presence in the Middle East for another decade. On 16 January 1968, a few weeks after the 3055:. As the threat of war with Germany increased during the 1930s, Britain judged the support of Arabs as more important than the establishment of a Jewish homeland, and shifted to a pro-Arab stance, limiting Jewish immigration and in turn triggering a 3908:, vestigial constitutional links had remained in place. The British Parliament retained the power to amend key Canadian constitutional statutes, meaning that effectively an act of the British Parliament was required to make certain changes to the 1222:, ending French hopes of controlling India. In the following decades the British East India Company gradually increased the size of the territories under its control, either ruling directly or via local rulers under the threat of force from the 4176:

Political boundaries drawn by the British did not always reflect homogeneous ethnicities or religions, contributing to conflicts in formerly colonised areas. The British Empire was responsible for large migrations of peoples. Millions left the

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By 1981, aside from a scattering of islands and outposts, the process of decolonisation that had begun after the Second World War was largely complete. In 1982, Britain's resolve in defending its remaining overseas territories was tested when

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and thereby precipitate a collapse of the British currency. Though the invasion force was militarily successful in its objectives, UN intervention and US pressure forced Britain into a humiliating withdrawal of its forces, and Eden resigned.

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broke out, during which the territory of the former Mandate was partitioned between Israel and the surrounding Arab states. Amid the fighting, British forces continued to withdraw from Israel, with the last British troops departing from

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Britain's fears of war with Germany were realised in 1914 with the outbreak of the First World War. Britain quickly invaded and occupied most of Germany's overseas colonies in Africa. In the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand occupied

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and Britain could no longer pass laws for them without their consent. Newfoundland reverted to colonial status in 1933, suffering from financial difficulties during the Great Depression. In 1937 the Irish Free State introduced a

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from the United States, the last instalment of which was repaid in 2006. At the same time, anti-colonial movements were on the rise in the colonies of European nations. The situation was complicated further by the increasing

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as allies, but the conflict—waged in Europe and overseas between France, Spain and the Anglo-Dutch alliance—left the English a stronger colonial power than the Dutch, who were forced to devote a larger proportion of their

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The British declaration of war on Germany and its allies committed the colonies and Dominions, which provided invaluable military, financial and material support. Over 2.5 million men served in the armies of the

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began with a rejection of Parliamentary authority and moves towards self-government. In response, Britain sent troops to reimpose direct rule, leading to the outbreak of war in 1775. The following year, in 1776, the

2855:, where Britain accepted naval parity with the United States. This decision was the source of much debate in Britain during the 1930s as militaristic governments took hold in Germany and Japan helped in part by the 8770: 4438: 3788:, established in 1958 in an attempt to unite the British Caribbean colonies under one government, but which collapsed following the loss of its two largest members. Jamaica attained independence in 1962, as did 5954: 2017:". Alongside the formal control it exerted over its own colonies, Britain's dominant position in world trade meant that it effectively controlled the economies of many countries, such as China, Argentina and 2052:, new technologies invented in the second half of the 19th century, allowing it to control and defend the empire. By 1902, the British Empire was linked together by a network of telegraph cables, called the 3380:

The British Mandate in Palestine, where an Arab majority lived alongside a Jewish minority, presented the British with a similar problem to that of India. The matter was complicated by large numbers of

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had important consequences for the future of the British Empire. In North America, France's future as a colonial power effectively ended with the recognition of British claims to Rupert's Land, and the

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was rapidly rising as a military and industrial power and was now seen as the most likely opponent in any future war. Recognising that it was overstretched in the Pacific and threatened at home by the

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was limited to the trading of goods. European settlement increased through the early decades of the 19th century, with many trading stations being established, especially in the North. In 1839, the

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in regions around the world. Today it is the primary language of up to 460 million people and is spoken by about 1.5 billion as a first, second or foreign language. Individual and team sports

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in 1997 marked for many, including King Charles III, then Prince of Wales, who was in attendance, "the end of Empire", though many British territories that are remnants of the empire still remain.

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During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the British Crown began to assume an increasingly large role in the affairs of the company. A series of Acts of Parliament were passed, including the

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in Malaya turned their attention towards the British, who had moved to quickly retake control of the colony, valuing it as a source of rubber and tin. The fact that the guerrillas were primarily

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Decades, and in some cases centuries, of British rule and emigration have left their mark on the independent nations that rose from the British Empire. The empire established the use of the

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the empire. The manner in which British forces were rapidly defeated in the Far East irreversibly harmed Britain's standing and prestige as an imperial power, including, particularly, the

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between the Arabs and Jews of Palestine, and British forces withdrew amid the fighting. The British Mandate for Palestine officially terminated at midnight on 15 May 1948 as the State of

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was a financial disaster for Scotland: a quarter of Scottish capital was lost in the enterprise. The episode had major political consequences, helping to persuade the government of the

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populations of the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand coming mainly from Britain and Ireland. Millions of people moved between British colonies, with large numbers of

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clashed repeatedly with the British, who had their own agenda with regard to colonial expansion in South Africa and to the various native African polities, including those of the

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which regulated the company's affairs and established the sovereignty of the Crown over the territories that it had acquired. The company's eventual end was precipitated by the

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led Attlee to promise independence no later than 30 June 1948. When the urgency of the situation and risk of civil war became apparent, the newly appointed (and last) Viceroy,

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renounced his and his descendants' claim to the French throne, and Spain lost its empire in Europe. The British Empire was territorially enlarged: from France, Britain gained

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in 1980. Vanuatu's independence was delayed because of political conflict between English and French-speaking communities, as the islands had been jointly administered as a

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respectively. Plans for a post-war division of the Ottoman Empire, which had joined the war on Germany's side, were secretly drawn up by Britain and France under the 1916

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of 1979. The agreement saw the British Empire temporarily re-establish the Colony of Southern Rhodesia from 1979 to 1980 as a transitionary government to a majority rule

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and not part of the British Empire. The French were still majority shareholders and attempted to weaken the British position, but a compromise was reached with the 1888

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were responsible for the bulk of British slave trading. For the transported, harsh and unhygienic conditions on the slaving ships and poor diets meant that the average

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Although England tended to trail behind Portugal, Spain, and France in establishing overseas colonies, it carried out its first modern colonisation, referred to as the

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demonstrated its imperial ambitions and capabilities and stoked fears in Britain of an overland invasion of India. In 1839, Britain moved to pre-empt this by invading

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in 1169. Several people who helped establish the Munster plantations later played a part in the early colonisation of North America, particularly a group known as the

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was enacted, in hopes of strengthening and unifying the Commonwealth: it provided British citizenship and right of entry to all those living within its jurisdiction.

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in 1936, under which it was agreed that the troops would withdraw but continue to occupy and defend the Suez Canal zone. In return, Egypt was assisted in joining the

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While the Suez Crisis caused British power in the Middle East to weaken, it did not collapse. Britain again deployed its armed forces to the region, intervening in

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On 1 January 1984, Brunei, Britain's last remaining Asian protectorate, was granted full independence. Independence had been delayed due to the opposition of the

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pioneered European exploration of the globe, and in the process established large overseas empires. Envious of the great wealth these empires generated, England,

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to Spain. Spain ceded Florida to Britain. Along with its victory over France in India, the Seven Years' War therefore left Britain as the world's most powerful

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have argued against perceptions of the British Empire as a primarily liberalising and modernising enterprise, criticising its widespread use of violence and

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The 1980s saw Canada, Australia, and New Zealand sever their final constitutional links with Britain. Although granted legislative independence by the

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and Malaya—were added nearly ten times that number during the 1960s. Owing to the rapid pace of decolonisation during this period, the cabinet post of

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by his lack of consultation, and Eisenhower refused to back the invasion. Another of Eisenhower's concerns was the possibility of a wider war with the

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of equal members, comprising a population of around 2.2 billion people. The United Kingdom and 14 other countries, all collectively known as the

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routes. In 1746, the Spanish and British began peace talks, with the King of Spain agreeing to stop all attacks on British shipping; however, in the

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The Napoleonic Wars were therefore ones in which Britain invested large amounts of capital and resources to win. French ports were blockaded by the

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Claimed in 1908; territory formed 1962; overlaps portions of Argentine and Chilean claims, borders not enforced but claim not renounced under the

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The British also expanded their mercantile interests in the North Pacific. Spain and Britain had become rivals in the area, culminating in the

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had begun to challenge Britain's economic lead. Military, economic and colonial tensions between Britain and Germany were major causes of the

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and imperial power of the 19th century and expanded its imperial holdings. It pursued trade concessions in China and Japan, and territory in

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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the Caribbean Court of Justice: Navigating Independence and Changing Political Environments

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gave her blessing to further privateering raids against Spanish ports in the Americas and shipping that was returning across the Atlantic,

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rivalry of the United States and the Soviet Union. In principle, both nations were opposed to European colonialism. In practice, American

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in 1853, fears of Russian dominance in the Mediterranean and the Middle East led Britain and France to enter the war in support of the

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for official Commonwealth usage. Britain was left essentially bankrupt, with insolvency only averted in 1946 after the negotiation of

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was first granted to Nova Scotia in 1848, and was soon extended to the other British North American colonies. With the passage of the

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and was a resounding defeat for Russia. The situation remained unresolved in Central Asia for two more decades, with Britain annexing

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Nevertheless, Churchill rejected its universal applicability when it came to the self-determination of subject nations including the

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Most of the UK's Caribbean territories achieved independence after the departure in 1961 and 1962 of Jamaica and Trinidad from the

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the Canadian Constitution. The act ended the need for British involvement in changes to the Canadian constitution. Similarly, the

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Pettigrew, William A. (2007). "Free to Enslave: Politics and the Escalation of Britain's Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1688–1714".

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opted to retain ties with Britain, while Guyana achieved independence in 1966. Britain's last colony on the American mainland,

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was expelled from the union following tensions between the Malay and Chinese populations and became an independent city-state.

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led the first, starting out in 1792, and a year later he became the first European to reach the Pacific overland north of the

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resulted in Britain losing some of its oldest and most populous colonies in North America by 1783. While retaining control of

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in 1789. Both sides mobilised for war, but when France refused to support Spain it was forced to back down, leading to the

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in 1604 lasted only two years and failed in its main objective to find gold deposits. Colonies on the Caribbean islands of

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by settling it with English and Welsh Protestant settlers. England had already colonised part of the country following the

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reclassified the remaining Crown colonies as "British Dependent Territories". The act entered into force on 1 January 1983

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Koebner, Richard (May 1953). "The Imperial Crown of This Realm: Henry VIII, Constantine the Great, and Polydore Vergil".

9480: 3913: 3696: 1851: 5842: 3932:(effective 3 March 1986) severed the constitutional link between Britain and the Australian states, while New Zealand's 3675:(the future Zimbabwe) and the South African mandate of South West Africa (Namibia) had achieved recognised independence. 3522:

that would give Britain and France an excuse to intervene militarily and retake the canal. Eden infuriated US President

3373:). India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka became members of the Commonwealth, while Burma chose not to join. That same year, the 16402: 16200: 16155: 16024: 15024: 14464: 13397: 12120: 11515: 4318: 4194: 3726:" policy towards decolonising the empire, leading the white minority government of Southern Rhodesia to enact the 1965 2879: 2319: 2090: 1953: 1935: 1294: 833:

in 1651 that only English ships would be able to ply their trade in English colonies. This led to hostilities with the

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Spanish Institutions of the Southwest Issue 10 of Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science

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and Britain after 1783 seemed to confirm Smith's view that political control was not necessary for economic success.

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to maintain power. Common criticisms of the empire include the use of detention camps in its colonies, massacres of

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England's early efforts at colonisation in the Americas met with mixed success. An attempt to establish a colony in

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By the turn of the 20th century, fears had begun to grow in Britain that it would no longer be able to defend the

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was designated an official British colony for freed slaves. Parliamentary reform in 1832 saw the influence of the

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Peoples and Empires: A Short History of European Migration, Exploration, and Conquest, from Greece to the Present

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initially provided England's most important and lucrative colonies. Settlements were successfully established in

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announced plans to buy large tracts of land and establish colonies in New Zealand. On 6 February 1840, Captain

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The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945–1951: Arab Nationalism, the United States, and Postwar Imperialism

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majority, on the understanding that once the insurgency had been quelled, independence would be granted. The

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into Hindu and Muslim areas left tens of millions as minorities in the newly independent states of India and

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the previous year had been turned down by Canada and South Africa, and Canada had refused to be bound by the

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was made up of units from many different countries in the British Empire and Commonwealth; it fought in the

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towards the end of the 18th century, has been referred to by some historians as the "First British Empire".

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Howe, Stephen (2010). "Colonising and Exterminating? Memories of Imperial Violence in Britain and France".

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islands for the British crown in 1769 and 1770 respectively. Initially, interaction between the indigenous

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The right of the Dominions to set their own foreign policy, independent of Britain, was recognised at the

2631:, who hoped that Ireland might follow in Canada's footsteps as a Dominion within the empire, but his 1886 1230:, led by British officers. The British and French struggles in India became but one theatre of the global 272:" also ensued. The period of relative peace (1815–1914) during which the British Empire became the global 133:

in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was the

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for legal systems. International commercial contracts are often based on English common law. The British

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From its base in India, the company had been engaged in an increasingly profitable opium export trade to

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Clegg, Peter (2005). "The UK Caribbean Overseas Territories". In de Jong, Lammert; Kruijt, Dirk (eds.).

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until 1868. The Australian colonies became profitable exporters of wool and gold, mainly because of the

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To ensure that the increasingly healthy profits of colonial trade remained in English hands, Parliament

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within the Commonwealth. In 1963, the 11 states of the federation together with Singapore, Sarawak and

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failed to satisfy the demand for independence. Concerns over communist and foreign plots following the

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and the entirety of the empire while at the same time maintaining the policy of "splendid isolation".

339:, the damage to British prestige and the British economy helped accelerate the decline of the empire. 16700: 16344: 16051: 15199: 14763: 14600: 14354: 14315: 13998:; Ascension Island (1922–) and Tristan da Cunha (1938–) were previously dependencies of Saint Helena. 13641: 13597: 13319: 13030: 12705: 12675: 12433: 12139: 3940: 3761:, which resulted in Cyprus being granted independence in 1960. The UK retained the military bases of 3735: 3406: 3162: 3091: 3071: 3013: 2899: 2761: 2712: 2611:. Ireland had been united with Britain into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland with the 2365:) population in 1806, having occupied it in 1795 to prevent its falling into French hands during the 2158: 1658: 1507: 1374:

had migrated from the new United States following independence. The 14,000 Loyalists who went to the

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The Washington Conference, 1921–22: Naval Rivalry, East Asian Stability and the Road to Pearl Harbor

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of 1884–85 was held to regulate the competition between the European powers in what was called the "

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which is considered to be New Zealand's founding document, despite differing interpretations of the

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The war to the south influenced British policy in Canada, where between 40,000 and 100,000 defeated

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Williams, Beryl J. (1966). "The Strategic Background to the Anglo-Russian Entente of August 1907".

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Trade, Plunder and Settlement: Maritime Enterprise and the Genesis of the British Empire, 1480–1630

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Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned

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Rational Choice and British Politics: An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair

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Freedom's Debt: The Royal African Company and the Politics of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1672–1752

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on 1818, the East India Company acquired control of a large majority of the Indian subcontinent.

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into the war tipped the military balance in the Americans' favour and after a decisive defeat at

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opted to revert to British rule after they had already started on the path to independence. The

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No further attempts to establish English colonies in the Americas were made until well into the

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An Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce, from the Earliest Accounts

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was settled and claimed by England as a result of the 1609 shipwreck of the Virginia Company's

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Ending 'East of Suez': The British Decision to Withdraw from Malaysia and Singapore, 1964–1968

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are diverse and evolving. Two key sites of debate over recent decades have been the impact of

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in 1781, Britain began negotiating peace terms. American independence was acknowledged at the

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HC Paper 147-II House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee: Overseas Territories, Volume II

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policies that had characterised the first period of colonial expansion, dating back to the

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of the 17th century left it with a stronger position in Asia. Hostilities ceased after the

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Macdonald, Barrie (1994). "Britain". In Howe, K.R.; Kiste, Robert C.; Lal, Brij V (eds.).

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The path to independence for the white colonies of the British Empire began with the 1839

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were first established in the 1640s on Barbados, with assistance from Dutch merchants and

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to commit the country to war. In August 1941, Churchill and Roosevelt met and signed the

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Britain retains sovereignty over 14 territories outside the British Isles. In 1983, the

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British Government Policy and Decolonisation, 1945–1963: Scrutinising the Official Mind

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Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power

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causes and implement new policies, which took until the early 1900s to have an effect.

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movement, in which Britain granted independence to most territories of the empire. The

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who travelled around the globe often in advance of soldiers and civil servants spread

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Peace between England and the Netherlands in 1688 meant the two countries entered the

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Communists meant that the British attempt to quell the uprising was supported by the

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by pushing the Soviet Union and the United States to the centre of the global stage.

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was passed by Parliament in 1914, but not implemented because of the outbreak of the

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in the region in 1878 and on all outstanding matters in 1907 with the signing of the

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and as a major military and political power in India. France was left control of its

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of North America and the smaller islands of the Caribbean, and the establishment of

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set sail, arriving in 1788. Unusually, Australia was claimed through proclamation.

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re-evaluate the history of imperialism, and the continued relevance of historians

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contributed to reversing the downward trend in Britain's status as a world power.

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into a Jewish and an Arab state. It was immediately followed by the outbreak of a

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in 1652 as a way station for its ships travelling to and from its colonies in the

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on 1 July 1997 symbolised for many the end of the British Empire, though fourteen

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was amicably granted independence from the UK in 1964 and became the country of

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would become the motive for many English would-be colonists to risk the arduous

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controlled the economies of, and readily enforced its interests in, many regions

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In July 1956, Nasser unilaterally nationalised the Suez Canal. The response of

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Union, who now held the balance of global power. In April 1949, following the

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underlined in red. Mandates and protected states are shown in a lighter shade.

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Ends of British Imperialism: The Scramble for Empire, Suez and Decolonization

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The West and the Third World: trade, colonialism, dependence, and development

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As a result of public pressure apprenticeships were abolished early, in 1838.

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which explored the inlets around the Pacific North West, particularly around

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has served as the template for the governments of many former colonies, and

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in 1965 but continued to station a garrison there until 1976, withdrew from

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in June 1940, Britain and the empire stood alone against Germany, until the

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of slaves, sugar and provisions between Africa, the West Indies and Europe.

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combining the arms of the dominions to represent their growing significance

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to Asia via the North Atlantic. Cabot sailed in 1497, five years after the

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after it threatened to intervene on the Egyptian side. Eisenhower applied

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on the voyage, presented evidence to the government on the suitability of

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for discovery and overseas exploration. That year, Gilbert sailed for the

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The Twentieth Century, The Oxford History of the British Empire Volume IV

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that killed millions during British rule. Conversely, historians such as

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of Spain and Portugal. The growth of trade between the newly independent

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and his French allies, left the British East India Company in control of

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in 1739, Spanish privateers attacked British merchant shipping along the

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to England, but textiles soon overtook spices in terms of profitability.

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was created from a revision of this article dated 7 March 2014

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States and power in Africa: comparative lessons in authority and control

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The Origins of Empire, The Oxford History of the British Empire Volume I

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A New Look at Modern Indian History : From 1707 to The Modern Times

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still serves as the highest court of appeal for twelve former colonies.

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were now independent of British legislative control, they could nullify

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in 1765 (left) and 1858 (right) showing British expansion in the region.

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Spain into implacable enemies. In 1562, Elizabeth I encouraged the

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List of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom

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in a similar light. The important contribution of the Dominions to the

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ascended (as James I) to the English throne and in 1604 negotiated the

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Britain's Imperial Century, 1815–1914: A Study of Empire and Expansion

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as "British Dependent Territories", and in 2002 they were renamed the

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Middle East in spite of the loss of India. Churchill could not ignore

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until 1937 gained independence the following year in 1948 along with

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was made a combined mandate of Britain and the two Pacific Dominions.

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Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire

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The Dynamics of Global Dominance, European Overseas Empires 1415–1980

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The Fur Trade in Canada: An Introduction to Canadian Economic History

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legacy is widespread. At the peak of its power, it was described as "

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Areas of the world that were part of the British Empire with current

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Decolonization since 1945: the collapse of European overseas empires

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The British Imperial Century, 1815–1914: A World History Perspective

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but with military restrictions and an obligation to support British

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A nation by design: immigration policy in the fashioning of America

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A Federal Republic: Australia's Constitutional System of Government

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The Second British Empire: In the Crucible of the Twentieth Century

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Historical flags of the British Empire and the overseas territories

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British decolonisation in Africa. By the end of the 1960s, all but

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About 14.5 million people lost their homes as a result of the

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vied to fill the power vacuums that had been left by the declining

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began to establish colonies and trade networks of their own in the

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Old World, New World: Great Britain and America from the Beginning

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led to revolutionary changes in manufacturing, the development of

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Britain's remaining colonies in Africa, except for self-governing

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A poster urging men from countries of the British Empire to enlist

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wars resulted in British victories. After the surrender of Peshwa

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Planting an Empire: The Early Chesapeake in British North America

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Shaping the New World: African Slavery in the Americas, 1500-1888

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in the Pacific acquired independence in the 1970s beginning with

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return journey to England and was succeeded by his half-brother,

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Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya

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when he invited each of the Dominion Prime Ministers to join an

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region undermining orderly colonisation of tropical Africa, the

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The East India Company fought three Anglo-Maratha Wars with the

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Battles of the Honourable East India Company: Making of the Raj

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The Nootka Connection: Europe and the Northwest Coast 1790–1795

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special administrative region of the People's Republic of China

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from the United States, but Roosevelt was not yet ready to ask

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which had been established as a devolved region under the 1920

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in 1700 and his bequeathal of Spain and its colonial empire to

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of 1956 confirmed Britain's decline as a global power, and the

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Looking for Blackfellas' Point: An Australian History of Place

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Tides of history: the Pacific Islands in the twentieth century

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between 1845 and 1852. Home rule was supported by the British

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A 1670 illustration of African slaves working in 17th-century

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to other parts of the empire, such as Malaysia and Fiji, and

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of 20,000 chests of opium led Britain to attack China in the

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Empire, Development and Colonialism: The Past in the Present

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by twelve years. Shortly thereafter, Mackenzie's companion,

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had declared "that this realm of England is an Empire". The

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Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture

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from the Spanish, and in 1666 succeeded in colonising the

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Ethno-political Conflict in Pakistan: The Baloch Movement

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versions of the text being the cause of ongoing dispute.

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The Slave Trade: The History of The Atlantic Slave Trade

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Britain in the Age of the French Revolution: 1785 - 1820

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History of the United Kingdom during the First World War

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ascended the English throne, bringing peace between the

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The Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science

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Timeline of British diplomatic history § 1815–1860

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History of the foreign relations of the United Kingdom

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ended in 1921 with a stalemate and the signing of the

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of the late 1830s and early 1840s. In the process the

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administered India and Queen Victoria was crowned the

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against Spanish and Portuguese ships off the coast of

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The king's peace: law and order in the British Empire

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the Commonwealth has been one of apathy and decline.

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people to Malaysia, Singapore and the Caribbean. The

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remained stationed in Egypt until the signing of the

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ensured that war-time strictures were renewed by the

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was recognised in 1917 by the British Prime Minister

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or Transvaal Republic (1852–1877; 1881–1902) and the

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and England. A deal between the two nations left the

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troops would be withdrawn from major military bases

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This was the last British possession in Africa. 3385:seeking to be admitted to Palestine following the 3027:In 1922, Egypt, which had been declared a British 2842:The British Empire at its territorial peak in 1921 2483:in 1896 and rebuffed an attempted French invasion 2373:began to rise after 1820, and pushed thousands of 1506:, claimed the continent for Britain, and named it 814:. At first, sugar was grown primarily using white 615:, but lack of supplies caused the colony to fail. 375:. Fifteen of these, including the United Kingdom, 244:, British colonial expansion turned towards Asia, 11248: 9838:Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914 9300:The History of American Foreign Policy: From 1895 7827: 7125:. 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5977: 5972: 5956: 5952: 5951: 5946: 5939: 5923: 5919: 5913: 5906: 5894: 5890: 5884: 5877: 5872: 5866:, p. 14. 5865: 5860: 5844: 5840: 5834: 5827: 5822: 5815: 5810: 5803: 5798: 5791: 5786: 5780:, p. 64. 5779: 5775: 5770: 5764:, p. 28. 5763: 5759: 5754: 5738: 5734: 5730: 5724: 5716: 5710: 5706: 5705: 5697: 5695: 5686: 5680: 5676: 5675: 5667: 5659: 5653: 5649: 5644: 5643: 5634: 5618: 5614: 5613: 5605: 5588: 5584: 5580: 5576: 5571: 5567: 5563: 5558: 5551: 5546: 5539: 5534: 5527: 5522: 5515: 5511: 5506: 5500:, p. 18. 5499: 5495: 5490: 5483: 5478: 5471: 5466: 5459: 5454: 5447: 5442: 5436:, p. 20. 5435: 5430: 5423: 5422:Marshall 1998 5419: 5414: 5408:, p. 28. 5407: 5402: 5396:, p. 43. 5395: 5390: 5383: 5378: 5371: 5366: 5359: 5358:Marshall 1998 5355: 5350: 5343: 5339: 5334: 5328:, p. 92. 5327: 5322: 5315: 5314:Marshall 1996 5310: 5304:, p. 84. 5303: 5302:Ferguson 2002 5298: 5292:, p. 91. 5291: 5286: 5279: 5274: 5267: 5262: 5256:, p. 17. 5255: 5250: 5243: 5238: 5232:, p. 58. 5231: 5226: 5220:, p. 90. 5219: 5214: 5207: 5206:Macaulay 1848 5202: 5195: 5190: 5183: 5178: 5176: 5174: 5166: 5161: 5155:, p. 19. 5154: 5153:Ferguson 2002 5149: 5147: 5145: 5138:, p. 13. 5137: 5132: 5125: 5124:Marshall 1998 5120: 5114:, p. 30. 5113: 5108: 5092: 5088: 5084: 5080: 5076: 5072: 5068: 5064: 5060: 5056: 5052: 5048: 5041: 5034: 5029: 5023:, p. 23. 5022: 5017: 5011:, p. 62. 5010: 5009:Ferguson 2002 5005: 4998: 4993: 4986: 4982: 4977: 4971:, p. 37. 4970: 4965: 4959:, p. 25. 4958: 4953: 4951: 4949: 4941: 4936: 4930:, p. 32. 4929: 4924: 4917: 4912: 4905: 4900: 4894:, p. 24. 4893: 4889: 4884: 4868: 4864: 4860: 4853: 4851: 4844:, p. 17. 4843: 4838: 4831: 4830:Ferguson 2002 4826: 4820:, p. 40. 4819: 4814: 4807: 4802: 4795: 4790: 4783: 4778: 4771: 4766: 4759: 4754: 4752: 4745:, p. 71. 4744: 4739: 4733:, p. 34. 4732: 4727: 4721:, p. 70. 4720: 4715: 4708: 4703: 4697:, p. 63. 4696: 4692: 4687: 4671: 4667: 4663: 4658: 4653: 4646: 4641: 4634: 4631:, p. 7; 4630: 4625: 4618: 4613: 4607:, p. 62. 4606: 4601: 4594: 4593:Ferguson 2002 4589: 4582: 4577: 4570: 4565: 4559:, p. 35. 4558: 4553: 4546: 4545:Ferguson 2002 4541: 4535:, p. 45. 4534: 4529: 4522: 4521:Ferguson 2002 4517: 4515: 4498: 4494: 4488: 4481: 4477: 4472: 4465: 4464:Marshall 1996 4462:, p. 8; 4461: 4456: 4454: 4446: 4441: 4434: 4429: 4422: 4417: 4410: 4409:Maddison 2001 4406: 4405:Maddison 2001 4401: 4394: 4393:Ferguson 2002 4389: 4385: 4371: 4365: 4361: 4350: 4347: 4345: 4342: 4340: 4337: 4335: 4332: 4330: 4327: 4325: 4322: 4320: 4317: 4315: 4312: 4310: 4307: 4306: 4299: 4296: 4292: 4288: 4284: 4280: 4276: 4271: 4269: 4265: 4261: 4257: 4253: 4249: 4245: 4240: 4238: 4234: 4230: 4226: 4221: 4219: 4215: 4211: 4207: 4202: 4200: 4196: 4192: 4188: 4184: 4180: 4179:British Isles 4171: 4167: 4163: 4159: 4157: 4153: 4152:Protestantism 4149: 4145: 4141: 4137: 4133: 4129: 4125: 4120: 4118: 4114: 4110: 4106: 4102: 4098: 4094: 4090: 4086: 4082: 4078: 4074: 4070: 4066: 4062: 4058: 4054: 4050: 4046: 4042: 4038: 4034: 4027: 4024:The fourteen 4022: 4017: 4013: 4009: 4005: 4001: 3991: 3989: 3985: 3981: 3977: 3973: 3969: 3968:in perpetuity 3965: 3961: 3957: 3953: 3949: 3944: 3942: 3937: 3935: 3931: 3927: 3923: 3919: 3915: 3911: 3907: 3902: 3900: 3899:Falklands War 3896: 3892: 3888: 3881: 3877: 3873: 3872:Falklands War 3866:End of empire 3863: 3861: 3857: 3853: 3849: 3845: 3841: 3837: 3833: 3829: 3827: 3823: 3819: 3815: 3811: 3807: 3803: 3799: 3795: 3791: 3787: 3782: 3780: 3776: 3772: 3768: 3767:Mediterranean 3764: 3760: 3756: 3753:organisation 3752: 3751:Greek Cypriot 3748: 3743: 3741: 3737: 3733: 3729: 3725: 3721: 3717: 3713: 3708: 3706: 3702: 3698: 3694: 3690: 3686: 3682: 3674: 3669: 3664: 3658: 3654: 3644: 3642: 3638: 3634: 3630: 3626: 3622: 3618: 3614: 3610: 3609:Harold Wilson 3606: 3602: 3598: 3594: 3590: 3586: 3582: 3578: 3573: 3571: 3566: 3562: 3558: 3554: 3550: 3545: 3540: 3537: 3536:British pound 3533: 3529: 3525: 3521: 3517: 3512: 3510: 3506: 3502: 3498: 3493: 3489: 3481: 3477: 3473: 3468: 3458: 3456: 3452: 3448: 3444: 3440: 3436: 3432: 3428: 3424: 3420: 3415: 3413: 3408: 3404: 3400: 3396: 3392: 3388: 3384: 3378: 3376: 3372: 3368: 3364: 3363:British India 3359: 3355: 3351: 3347: 3343: 3339: 3338:Islamic state 3335: 3331: 3330:Muslim League 3327: 3323: 3319: 3315: 3311: 3307: 3299: 3294: 3289: 3285: 3281: 3271: 3269: 3265: 3261: 3257: 3253: 3249: 3245: 3240: 3236: 3232: 3228: 3221: 3211: 3209: 3205: 3201: 3195: 3193: 3188: 3184: 3180: 3176: 3172: 3168: 3164: 3160: 3155: 3153: 3149: 3144: 3136: 3132: 3131:North African 3128: 3124: 3119: 3114: 3104: 3102: 3098: 3093: 3089: 3085: 3081: 3077: 3073: 3069: 3068:Chanak Crisis 3065: 3060: 3058: 3054: 3050: 3046: 3042: 3038: 3034: 3030: 3025: 3023: 3019: 3015: 3011: 3010:Punjab region 3007: 3003: 2999: 2991: 2987: 2983: 2979: 2975: 2971: 2967: 2963: 2959: 2955: 2954:Stanley Bruce 2951: 2947: 2946:Gordon Coates 2943: 2939: 2935: 2931: 2927: 2923: 2921: 2917: 2913: 2909: 2905: 2901: 2897: 2896:guerrilla war 2893: 2889: 2885: 2881: 2877: 2873: 2869: 2864: 2862: 2858: 2854: 2850: 2840: 2835: 2831: 2827: 2823: 2819: 2809: 2807: 2803: 2802:Western Samoa 2799: 2795: 2791: 2787: 2783: 2779: 2775: 2771: 2767: 2763: 2758: 2753: 2751: 2747: 2743: 2739: 2735: 2730: 2726: 2720: 2718: 2714: 2710: 2706: 2699: 2689: 2687: 2683: 2679: 2675: 2671: 2662: 2653: 2651: 2650:Easter Rising 2647: 2643: 2639: 2634: 2630: 2626: 2622: 2618: 2614: 2610: 2606: 2601: 2599: 2595: 2591: 2587: 2583: 2579: 2575: 2571: 2567: 2563: 2562:Durham Report 2555: 2550: 2545: 2541: 2537: 2533: 2529: 2519: 2517: 2513: 2509: 2505: 2504:Cape to Cairo 2502:, to urge a " 2501: 2497: 2492: 2490: 2486: 2482: 2478: 2474: 2470: 2466: 2462: 2457: 2455: 2451: 2447: 2443: 2442:Isma'il Pasha 2439: 2435: 2431: 2427: 2423: 2420:opened under 2419: 2414: 2413:(1899–1902). 2412: 2408: 2404: 2400: 2396: 2392: 2388: 2384: 2381:, during the 2380: 2376: 2372: 2368: 2364: 2360: 2356: 2352: 2348: 2340: 2336: 2335: 2330: 2325: 2321: 2317: 2310:Cape to Cairo 2307: 2305: 2301: 2297: 2293: 2289: 2285: 2281: 2277: 2273: 2269: 2265: 2261: 2257: 2253: 2249: 2245: 2241: 2237: 2232: 2230: 2226: 2222: 2218: 2214: 2210: 2209:Qajar dynasty 2206: 2202: 2194: 2189: 2184: 2174: 2171: 2166: 2164: 2160: 2156: 2152: 2147: 2143: 2139: 2135: 2130: 2128: 2124: 2120: 2116: 2112: 2107: 2102: 2100: 2096: 2092: 2088: 2084: 2077: 2073: 2067: 2057: 2055: 2051: 2047: 2039: 2035: 2030: 2026: 2024: 2020: 2016: 2012: 2011: 2006: 1999: 1995: 1991: 1981: 1979: 1976:decline. 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