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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.
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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Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online. The first volume of the Cambridge History of the British Empire, published in 1929, was entitled The Old Empire from the Beginnings to 1783. By 1929 the tradition that British Imperial history could be divided into phases, with an ‘old’ or ‘first’ Empire separate from what was to follow, was long ...
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.
First British Empire (1583–1783) Jacobean era (1567–1625) Union of the Crowns (1603) Caroline era (1625–1642) English Civil War (1642–1651) English Interregnum (1651–1660) Restoration (1660) Glorious Revolution (1688) Scottish Enlightenment; Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) Second British Empire (1783–1815) Georgian era
