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- At its height the '''British Empire''' covered almost a quarter of the world's land surface (the greatest in Most of the former members of the British Empire are now members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].15 KB (2,235 words) - 08:53, 2 March 2024
- ...tes for the European Parliament, last I heard). Legally, any native of the British Empire held equal "citizenship", as we'd call it now. The Romans encouraged loyalt9 KB (1,457 words) - 11:52, 24 May 2012
- *1600 English [[British Empire/Catalogs#The East India Company|East India Company]] gets a royal charter.. *1819 The [[British Empire/Catalogs#East India Company|East India Company]] buys [[Singapore]][http://12 KB (1,687 words) - 08:54, 2 March 2024
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- ...sh Guiana[1966] was captured from the Dutch in 1814, The Falkland Islands[[British Empire/Addendum#Overseas Territories | (OT)]] were claimed for Britain in 1690, we In the 17th century, England's [[British Empire/Catalogs#East India Company|East India Company]] maintained trading posts i16 KB (2,420 words) - 16:53, 12 March 2024
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- #Alan Palmer, ''Dicionary of the British Empire and Commonwealth'', John Murray, 1996 #John Stewart, ''The British Empire'', McFarland, Jefferson, NC/London, 1996568 bytes (75 words) - 04:58, 24 May 2012
- | pagename = British Empire | abc = British Empire919 bytes (99 words) - 21:12, 25 November 2007
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- * Brendon, Piers. "A Moral Audit of the British Empire." ''History Today'', (Oct 2007), Vol. 57 Issue 10, pp 44-47, online at [[EB * James, Lawrence. ''The Rise and Fall of the British Empire'' (1997).18 KB (2,364 words) - 16:02, 23 May 2012
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- ...tp://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/empire/ The National Archives - British Empire] *[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb-colon.html Flags of the World: British Empire and Overseas Territories]317 bytes (44 words) - 00:50, 21 May 2012
- ===British Empire=== '''India''' provides an example of the British Empire pouring its money and expertise into a very well built system designed for6 KB (995 words) - 16:12, 8 September 2020
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- | pagename = History of railways (British Empire) | abc = Railways, History of (British Empire)868 bytes (73 words) - 16:13, 8 September 2020
- #REDIRECT [[History of railways (British Empire)]]50 bytes (6 words) - 16:12, 8 September 2020
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- ...tp://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/empire/ The National Archives - British Empire] *[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb-colon.html Flags of the World: British Empire and Overseas Territories]317 bytes (44 words) - 00:50, 21 May 2012
- {{r|British Empire}}2 KB (252 words) - 18:02, 6 September 2010
- {{r|British Empire}}464 bytes (63 words) - 19:00, 18 January 2014
- #REDIRECT [[History of railways (British Empire)]]50 bytes (6 words) - 16:12, 8 September 2020
- A dominion of the British Empire, 1910-196179 bytes (10 words) - 17:31, 5 July 2009
- An international organisation that evolved out of the British Empire.105 bytes (13 words) - 20:46, 20 May 2008
- | pagename = British Empire | abc = British Empire919 bytes (99 words) - 21:12, 25 November 2007
- {{r|British Empire}}528 bytes (70 words) - 18:58, 29 January 2014
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- {{r|British Empire}}882 bytes (128 words) - 10:59, 15 February 2014
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- ...[[Spanish Empire]] conquered it in the [[sixteenth century]]. In 1655, the British Empire seized control, but maintained the slave trade that the Spanish began. Ulti916 bytes (129 words) - 02:57, 19 September 2013
- #Alan Palmer, ''Dicionary of the British Empire and Commonwealth'', John Murray, 1996 #John Stewart, ''The British Empire'', McFarland, Jefferson, NC/London, 1996568 bytes (75 words) - 04:58, 24 May 2012
- | pagename = History of railways (British Empire) | abc = Railways, History of (British Empire)868 bytes (73 words) - 16:13, 8 September 2020
- {{r|British Empire}}677 bytes (91 words) - 11:35, 26 January 2014
- ...mes Island in 1651, until 1661 when the Gambia region was annexed by the [[British Empire|British]]. In 1889, the Gambia formerly became a British Crown Colony, and1 KB (166 words) - 18:50, 18 January 2014
- {{r|British Empire}}683 bytes (94 words) - 11:30, 2 February 2014
- ...[[First World War]], most were part either of the [[Ottoman Empire]] or [[British Empire]]. After the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, most areas came under British o1,016 bytes (146 words) - 16:53, 12 March 2024
- A blanket term for the English that developed during the British Empire separately from the United States of America.153 bytes (22 words) - 18:49, 24 June 2008
- Signed by the United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy, and Japan at Washington, February 6, 1922.154 bytes (20 words) - 04:25, 12 October 2009
- {{r|British Empire}}533 bytes (80 words) - 19:22, 20 January 2014
- ...ibbean island nation that became independent in 1962; formerly part of the British Empire and built on the slave trade (population about 2.8 million).188 bytes (25 words) - 15:22, 1 May 2015
- {{r|British Empire}}218 bytes (29 words) - 11:26, 24 June 2009
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- ...59, and traders followed creating the African Lakes Company in 1878. The [[British Empire|British]] government established the British Central Africa Protectorate in1 KB (188 words) - 10:32, 28 January 2014
- ...nket term for the [[English language|English]] that developed during the [[British Empire]] after the independence of the [[United States of America]]. Thus it is th1 KB (179 words) - 12:15, 14 February 2024
- {{r|British Empire}}617 bytes (80 words) - 22:36, 9 October 2010
- ...olving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. Originally known as the 'British Empire Games', it was first held in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.235 bytes (33 words) - 03:41, 15 October 2010
- ...a''), is an island in the western [[Mediterranean Sea]]. It is a former [[British Empire|British colony]], and a member of the [[European Union]]. [[English]]-spea383 bytes (52 words) - 13:10, 7 October 2010
- ...nited Kingdom; most are otherwise self-governing and were once part of the British Empire.194 bytes (29 words) - 22:21, 9 October 2010
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- Treaty between the United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy, and Japan, which was signed at Washington, February 6, 1922276 bytes (40 words) - 04:22, 12 October 2009
- The '''Union of South Africa''' was a self-governing [[dominion]] of the [[British Empire]] from May 31, 1910 until May 31, 1961.387 bytes (54 words) - 16:53, 6 July 2009
- Dominion of the [[British Empire]] between 1922-1948. Formed following the ratification of the [[Anglo-Irish237 bytes (30 words) - 06:21, 5 April 2009
- ...established on the coast and rivers over a period of two centuries. The [[British Empire|British]] attempted unsuccessfully to colonize the offshore island of Bolam943 bytes (147 words) - 18:58, 20 January 2014
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- ...of Nations|Commonwealth]] countries and former colonial outposts of the [[British Empire]]; has developed the status of a global language.289 bytes (38 words) - 20:22, 7 November 2010
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- ...State]], currently [[Elizabeth II]]. Historically, most were part of the [[British Empire]] but have not become independent or part of another [[state]]. They are se1 KB (187 words) - 16:45, 10 February 2024
- {{r|Order of the British Empire}}451 bytes (59 words) - 05:18, 22 February 2012
- ...]: ''Kıbrıs'') is an island in the eastern [[Mediterranean]], formerly a [[British Empire|British colony]]. Today it is divided into two political entities. The main635 bytes (89 words) - 04:20, 7 February 2010
- {{r|British Empire}}232 bytes (32 words) - 14:04, 18 December 2009
- {{r|British Empire}}1 KB (187 words) - 10:17, 27 June 2023
- ...ur from the early 17th century until the abolition of [[slavery]] in the [[British Empire]] in 1834. The island covers only 430 sq km (166 sq miles) and has many bea895 bytes (128 words) - 16:45, 10 February 2024
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- ...would later become the basis of the United States) position as part of the British Empire was made truly apparent because British military and civilian officials too3 KB (508 words) - 16:04, 23 April 2011
- ...d adding those units of currency named "cent" which aren't Commonwealth or British Empire currencies. The Euro cent is already on this page, so the U.S. cent would n843 bytes (127 words) - 16:27, 30 June 2007
- ...n in 1643. Tonga was known as the Friendly Islands, following a visit by [[British Empire|British]] captain [[James Cook]] in 1773, and who returned to the islands i1 KB (224 words) - 09:40, 1 April 2023
- {{r|British Empire}}557 bytes (72 words) - 11:37, 11 January 2010
- ...lvaro de Mendaña de Neira first sighted the islands in 1568, and in 1764 [[British Empire|British]] Captain John Byron charted the area. The islands were named Ellic1 KB (175 words) - 10:38, 16 February 2014
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- '''Jeremy Black''' (born 30 October, 1955) [[Member of the Order of the British Empire|MBE]] is [[United Kingdom|British]] [[historian]] and a Professor of Histor967 bytes (140 words) - 08:56, 20 March 2024
- ...The islands were among the first in the Caribbean to be colonized by the [[British Empire|British]], in 1623. Both islands were originally inhabited by hunter-gather1 KB (179 words) - 10:09, 4 February 2014
- {{r|British Empire}}1 KB (168 words) - 11:31, 11 January 2010
- ...isted the [[United Kingdom|U.K.]] outlawed slavery almost throughout the [[British Empire]] via the [[Slavery Abolition Act]] of 1834, which also paid for losses inc960 bytes (144 words) - 10:29, 3 March 2023
- {{r|British Empire}}547 bytes (78 words) - 18:59, 17 January 2014
- ...nd briefly capitulated to [[Walter Raleigh]] in 1595, and finally to the [[British Empire|British]] commander Lieutenant-General Ralph Abercromby in 1797, and was fo1 KB (178 words) - 10:38, 15 February 2014
- ...3 Treaty of Versailles, ownership of the islands were transferred to the [[British Empire|British]]. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines were declared a Crown Colony in1 KB (172 words) - 10:45, 6 February 2014
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- ...nant power in the region by the seventeenth century, until 1796 when the [[British Empire|British]] declared the Maldives a protected state. The island sultanate acc1 KB (159 words) - 18:43, 29 January 2014
- ...ative factors here. Japanese expansionism occasioned by the failure of the British empire and British policies in the far east and China also needs to be expanded up835 bytes (131 words) - 15:45, 12 December 2007
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- ...1768. Captain James Cook named the islands the New Hebrides in 1774, and [[British Empire|British]] and [[French]] settlers arrived during the nineteenth century est1 KB (154 words) - 10:21, 17 February 2014
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- Dr '''Helen Patricia Sharman''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry|FRSC]] (born 30th May 19631 KB (169 words) - 16:19, 16 December 2015
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- ...t failed, and in 1879 the kingdom had its independence recognized by the [[British Empire|British]]. Following the end of the Second Boer War in 1903, Swaziland was1 KB (181 words) - 04:35, 22 February 2019
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- ...global superpowers. Its territory consists, approximately, of the former British Empire plus North America.635 bytes (92 words) - 08:56, 20 March 2024
- ...utbreak of the [[First World War]], Togoland was invaded and occupied by [[British Empire|British]] and [[French]] forces which divided it into two administrative zo1 KB (218 words) - 18:20, 13 February 2014
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- ...ia came under the direct control of the British Crown as a colony of the [[British Empire]].5 KB (699 words) - 09:46, 9 March 2013
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- *Race: [[Germans|German]]/[[British Empire|British]]/[[Portuguese people|Portuguese]]/[[Celts|Scottish]]1 KB (155 words) - 03:45, 22 November 2023
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- ...up, it has been the subject of numerous conflicts between [[French]] and [[British Empire|British]] interests during its history. The first human settlers, the Arawa1 KB (183 words) - 11:05, 5 February 2014
- ...first king of the Basotho people and by 1868 requested protection by the [[British Empire|British]] in 1868, but further violent disputes over land resulted in Basut1 KB (203 words) - 10:30, 25 January 2014
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