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The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
In view of the controversy over the BBC’s recent programme on the British Empire, it might be useful for readers to review the motives for the First British Empire, one of trade, and built by traders. That empire had roots slender but deep in medieval England.
The First British Empire originated from Queen Elizabeth I granting Humphrey Gilbert a license to conduct overseas explorations in the name of the Crown (1578). The same license was later given to Walter Raleigh (1584). Gilbert explored the Caribbean while Raleigh founded a colony in today’s North Carolina territory. By the 17th century ...
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The British established their first empire (1583–1783) in North America by colonising lands that made up British America, including parts of Canada, the Caribbean and the Thirteen Colonies. In 1776, the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies declared itself independent from the British Empire, thus beginning the American ...
The British Empire flourished but there was a bitterly fought Second Boer War in South Africa. In 1914, Britain entered the First World War by declaring war on Germany . Nearly a million Britons were killed in the war, which lasted until Germany's surrender on 11 November 1918.
The first British Empire; R. J. A. White; Book: A Short History of England; Online publication: 14 November 2009; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511608063.013
22 de nov. de 2022 · 1707 May 2 - 1783. First British Empire. Gibraltar. The 18th century saw the newly united Great Britain rise to be the world's dominant colonial power, with France becoming its main rival on the imperial stage.
