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Hace 2 días · British Empire, a worldwide system of dependencies— colonies, protectorates, and other territories—that over a span of some three centuries was brought under the sovereignty of the crown of Great Britain and the administration of the British government.
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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. At its height in the 19th and early 20th century ...
The territorial evolution of the British Empire is considered to have begun with the foundation of the English colonial empire in the late 16th century. Since then, many territories around the world have been under the control of the United Kingdom or its predecessor states.
22 de nov. de 2021 · British Empire. The British Empire was the largest empire in human history. It consisted of the colonial possessions of what is now the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The UK’s imperial expansion began in the early 17 th century.
Map showing the British Empire at its greatest extent. British Empire, Worldwide system of dependencies—colonies, protectorates, and other territories—that over a span of three centuries came under the British government.
El Imperio británico (en inglés: British Empire) comprendió los dominios, colonias, protectorados, mandatos y otros territorios gobernados o administrados por el Reino de Inglaterra y su sucesor, el Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda, entre los siglos XVI y XX.
A map from about 1700 shows Maryland and surrounding colonies. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. By this time there are British American colonies in New England, Virginia, and Maryland and settlements in the Bermudas, Honduras, Antigua, Barbados, and Nova Scotia, Canada.
