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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
- *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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- * 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
- ...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
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- ===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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- ...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
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- #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
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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
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- ...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
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- ...[[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
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- ...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
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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
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- ...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
- ...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
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- ...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
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- ...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
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- ...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
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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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- ...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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- ...y home to other government departments responsible for administering the [[British Empire]] at home and abroad.<ref>''FCO'': '[http://www.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/pdf1 KB (193 words) - 05:46, 25 July 2019
- ...ied to those member countries that became independent firstly within the [[British Empire]] and retain the [[British monarch]] as [[Head of State]] as member states4 KB (519 words) - 12:14, 14 February 2024
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- ...ple Honorary Doctorates. He was also appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1998 and knighted for his contributions to literature in 2009.<ref name=1 KB (212 words) - 20:19, 2 November 2023
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- *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
- ...countries of the world with a history as territories or colonies of the [[British Empire]] (with the exception of [[Malta]], [[Scotland]] and [[Quebec]]). It is not906 bytes (145 words) - 06:41, 26 September 2007
- * ''Building the British Empire: To the End of the First Empire.'' New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. ...and Rhinehart, 1940. (British edition entitled ''An American Looks at the British Empire.'' London: Oxford University Press, 1941.)5 KB (755 words) - 13:06, 10 December 2008
- ...[[South Africa]] took over [[German South West Africa]] on behalf of the [[British Empire]] in 1915, these are denominated in [[Pfennig]]s and [[Marks]].1 KB (206 words) - 11:16, 5 August 2009
- '''Simon Lehna Singh''', [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (born 1st January 1964) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[physics|phy2 KB (330 words) - 05:11, 22 February 2012
- ...eventual loss of Eritrea following the Battle of Keren in 1941, and the [[British Empire|British]] establishing a mandated territory until 1951. Eritrea was federat1 KB (225 words) - 18:42, 16 January 2014
- * Allen, R. G. D. "Mutual Aid Between the U.S. and The British Empire, 1941-45" ''Journal of the Royal Statistical Society'' Vol. 109, No. 3 (194 ...ger. ''Imperialism at Bay: The United States and the Decolonization of the British Empire, 1941-1945.'' 1977.4 KB (522 words) - 23:35, 30 December 2007
- '''Julia Elizabeth Andrews, [[Dame Commander of the British Empire|DBE]]''' (née Wells, born 1 October 1935) is an English [[singer]] and [[a920 bytes (148 words) - 10:14, 15 July 2013
- ...decorated with both the [[Order of Australia]] (AO) and the [[Order of the British Empire]] (MBE). He recorded over 100 albums and had numerous hit singles, includi921 bytes (145 words) - 20:06, 19 November 2009
- ...settled by Micronesian and Polynesian peoples more than 3000 years ago. [[British Empire|British]] captain John Fearn was the first European to visit the island in1 KB (213 words) - 10:52, 2 February 2014
- * 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
- ...alth of Nations]] participate. The Games were first held in 1930 as the '[[British Empire]] Games', with the most recent being hosted by [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]], i2 KB (246 words) - 10:53, 20 April 2021
- ...hai Empires. The area was explored by the [[Portuguese]], [[Dutch]], and [[British Empire|British]] from the fifteenth century onwards and because of the abundance o1 KB (230 words) - 11:07, 26 January 2014
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- ...The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson: Loyalism and the Destruction of the First British Empire'' (1974), full scale biography of the most prominent Loyalist3 KB (473 words) - 04:58, 1 February 2010
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- She subsequently received the Order of the British Empire, was a correspondent in [[Kashmir]] for the ''London Times'', and was a Pos5 KB (710 words) - 16:53, 12 March 2024
- ===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
- ...hem to drill with weapons so long as it is in the expressed defence of the British Empire and the British crown. Furthermore, Unionists more often than not tended to3 KB (492 words) - 07:33, 20 April 2024
- The '''Anglo-Irish Treaty''' was a treaty between the [[British Empire]] and the [[Provisional Irish Government]] which created the [[Irish Free S ...xternal association, which would have involved close co-operation with the British Empire but still would have allowed Ireland to be an independent sovereign republi8 KB (1,347 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- ...e to establish a settlement at St. Georges Harbour. Grenada was ceded to [[British Empire|Britain]] following the Treaty of Paris in 1763, but was briefly occupied b2 KB (265 words) - 12:22, 3 December 2023
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- ...erham and Wortz]] distillery, which was once the largest distillery in the British Empire. That parcel contained a cluster of heritage buildings from the [[Victoria1 KB (213 words) - 14:24, 22 January 2024
- Cook’s discoveries laid the foundation of the British empire in Australia and [[Oceania]]. His fame is further based on his nautical, as2 KB (309 words) - 10:16, 2 February 2023
- * Gipson, Lawrence. ''The British Empire Before the American Revolution'' (15 volumes) (1936-1970), Pulitzer Prize;7 KB (879 words) - 21:48, 3 March 2009
- 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
- ...ommon in many other countries, generally those that were part of the old [[British Empire]]. Today, one aspect of culture shared between the [[Commonwealth of Nation7 KB (992 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- ...or [[Commonwealth English]]). Historically, Canada was closer to the old [[British Empire]] than to the independent [[United States of America|USA]], so British spel4 KB (564 words) - 00:32, 21 October 2013
- ...ed in many other countries, particularly those that were part of the old [[British Empire]]. These predominantly originated in the [[United Kingdom]] and are part of3 KB (394 words) - 22:04, 28 December 2013
- ...ates, of the European empires in the Americas and of the beginnings of a [[British Empire]] in India. His works were widely read and admired as much for their clarit5 KB (724 words) - 07:06, 23 January 2011
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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
- ...ere resisted by Allied forces including troops from several parts of the [[British Empire]], plus American and Chinese forces. The Allies achieved their main aims &m3 KB (388 words) - 15:04, 15 April 2024
- ...erendum]] resulted in South Africa's transition from a [[dominion]] of the British Empire to an independent [[republicanism|republic]], which brought with it the rat2 KB (236 words) - 04:04, 14 February 2010
- Presbyterian churches were set up by Scots throughout the British Empire, and have been characterized by numerous schisms and reunions.2 KB (283 words) - 02:06, 25 October 2013
- ...by the [[United Kingdom|British]], who made it a de facto part of their [[British Empire|empire]], though it was only legally annexed in 1914. Egypt gained independ7 KB (1,110 words) - 16:45, 10 February 2024
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- ...ng the 18th century, three definitions were in common use throughout the [[British Empire]]: After the [[American colonies]] revolted and became independent of the [[British Empire]] in 1776, the United States subsequently adopted the Queen Anne gallon of5 KB (800 words) - 08:53, 2 March 2024
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- ...therefore doomed to failure. Keenly concerned with the fairness of the [[British Empire]], Burke opposed royal efforts to suppress the [[American Revolution]]; he ...nt speeched to lead the greatest impeachment trial in the history of the [[British Empire]], that of the first governor-general of India for the East India Company,9 KB (1,402 words) - 07:08, 26 March 2024
- ...ecovered, for many years prior to that he was the personification of the [[British Empire]]. He continues to have some admirers, who do not necessarily approve of hi3 KB (475 words) - 13:17, 11 April 2014
- ...by [[Germany]] in 1897, Port Arthur by [[Russia]] and Wei-hai-wei by the [[British Empire]], both in 1898.2 KB (367 words) - 10:08, 28 February 2024
- ...Governor-General originated in those self-governing [[Dominions]] of the [[British Empire]], such as [[Canada]] and [[Australia]], which were [[federation]]s of Brit8 KB (1,113 words) - 16:45, 10 February 2024
- ...Green, ''William Pitt, Earl of Chatham and the Growth and Division of the British Empire, 1708-1778.'' 1901. p. 255.</ref>7 KB (999 words) - 03:16, 20 September 2009
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- Nova Scotia was the first colony in [[British North America]] and in the [[British Empire]] to achieve [[responsible government]] in January-February 1848 and become9 KB (1,395 words) - 08:50, 30 June 2023
- ...on his second voyage to the antipodes, claimed the island group for the [[British Empire]].5 KB (751 words) - 08:39, 8 June 2009
- ...by the [[United Kingdom|British]], who made it a de facto part of their [[British Empire|empire]], though it was only legally annexed in 1914. Egypt gained independ10 KB (1,506 words) - 16:41, 24 March 2024
- ...'' (1980), and ''Strangers within the Realm: Cultural Margins of the First British Empire'' (1991; see [http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~atlantic/bailyn.html]).5 KB (682 words) - 20:54, 14 September 2013
- ...of independent countries, nearly all of which are former members of the [[British Empire]] that chose to join it when they gained independence. It consists of 53 co ...ology (which had, from time to time, included "the British colonies", "the British Empire", "the Dominions" and "the British Commonwealth"). Ireland left the Commonw16 KB (2,314 words) - 06:11, 11 March 2019
- ...causes of the [[War of 1812]]''' started a medium-scale war between the [[British Empire]] and the [[United States of America|United States]] from 1812 to 1815. It11 KB (1,795 words) - 14:35, 2 February 2023
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- ...reland]] and many other nations, particularly those formerly part of the [[British Empire]], now members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. [[Fish and chips]] is a9 KB (1,386 words) - 15:22, 8 April 2023
- ...nd was created Prince of Wales. His main role was to visit the far-flung [[British empire]]. In the first great tour in imperial history, he and his wife went to Ade13 KB (2,048 words) - 01:00, 15 February 2010
- ...ole]] (1676–1745) during the period 1730–1742, and building up the [[British Empire]], including the seizure of [[Canada, history|Canada]]. Simultaneously he w5 KB (743 words) - 05:06, 30 July 2023
- ...en reckoned as occurring in 1907, when New Zealand was granted [[Dominion (British Empire)|Dominion]] status, or in 1947, with the adoption of the [[Statute of Westm6 KB (928 words) - 10:12, 28 February 2024
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- ...al Conference] established the Dominions as equal communities within the [[British Empire]], with a common allegiance to the Crown.5 KB (604 words) - 08:53, 2 March 2024
- ** From publisher’s website: “From Ancient Rome to the British Empire, Phillips demonstrates that every world-dominating power has been brought d3 KB (432 words) - 21:49, 26 May 2011
- ...I's reign is noted for the [[American Revolution]]; the expansion of the [[British Empire]] into Africa, Oceania, India and other parts of Asia; the beginnings of th9 KB (1,393 words) - 06:07, 30 July 2023
- ...oned [[mercantilism|mercantilist]] restrictions on free trade within the [[British Empire|Empire]]. The abandonment of these restrictions also removed the justificat ...objected that the tariff violated the principle of free trade on which the British Empire was now based, Canada replied that the British had given the colonies power16 KB (2,389 words) - 08:55, 2 March 2024
- ...linations, domestic reform fell subservient to the best interests of the [[British Empire|Empire]]. Ireland never achieved the [[Home Rule]] it had sought under [[Ch10 KB (1,592 words) - 09:07, 26 March 2024
- ...a precedence in free speech and freedom of the press for Canada and the [[British Empire]] [http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/Facts/howepaper.htm] [http://www.twrsof6 KB (764 words) - 17:10, 22 March 2024
- ...ef, insisting that if Ireland was to be considered an integral part of the British Empire, it should be relieved by the Empire.9 KB (1,545 words) - 03:13, 17 December 2010
- ...775, the Loyalists were the honourable ones who stood by the Crown and the British Empire. However once independence was declared in 1776 Loyalists who continued to14 KB (2,106 words) - 17:30, 19 May 2022
- ...as territories]] around the world, the last remaining territories of the [[British Empire]]. The overseas territories are also not considered part of the UK, but in10 KB (1,321 words) - 07:33, 20 April 2024
- ...eorge M. ''Canada and the American Revolution: The Disruption of the First British Empire.'' 1935. by Canadian scholar [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=6594760 o ...hall, P. J. ed., ''The Eighteenth Century, vol. 2 of Oxford History of the British Empire,'' (1998)22 KB (3,050 words) - 00:23, 18 February 2010
- ...gua franca]]'' - to do [[business]] other peoples inside and outside the [[British Empire]] found it advantageous to [[learning|learn]] English as a [[second languag10 KB (1,489 words) - 08:54, 2 March 2024
- * Tilchin, William N. ''Theodore Roosevelt and the British Empire: A Study in Presidential Statecraft'' (1997)8 KB (1,080 words) - 20:48, 9 December 2008
- British Empire was impossible. Tensions came to a head in Massachusetts. In late 1773 th15 KB (2,251 words) - 15:22, 8 April 2023
- Victoria was always interested in the progress of the [[British Empire]]. In 1876 the [[Royal Titles Bill]] made her Empress of India, a controver17 KB (2,557 words) - 07:33, 20 April 2024
- ...istory and were familiar with the historiography regarding England and the British Empire., which had been introduced a century before by G.L. Beer and [[Charles McL4 KB (650 words) - 22:00, 22 February 2009
- ...w Ireland]].<ref name=MilitaryCivilAnu/> He was made a [[Commander of the British Empire]] on June 11, 1988.<ref name=gazette1988-06-11/>6 KB (741 words) - 13:16, 25 March 2022
- ...n 12 June that year when all four were individually made a [[Member of the British Empire]] (MBE).<ref>{{cite book|author=Strinati, Dominic and Wagg, Stephen|year=197 KB (1,013 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- ...Americans, Scandinavian-Americans, and Republicans), and the myth that the British Empire was so abundantly rich it did not need money.<ref> Warren F. Kimball, "'1779 KB (1,510 words) - 07:15, 31 March 2024
- ...ly the centre of Ireland's manufacturing and industrial power during the [[British Empire]], it has since partition suffered economically, as have all the cities of8 KB (1,296 words) - 11:17, 7 March 2024
- ...]] (1713); the [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ceded all of [[New France]] to [[British Empire|Britain]] following the [[French and Indian War|Seven Years' War]]. ...was a major front in the [[War of 1812]] between the United States and the British Empire. Prior to the war large numbers of immigrants from the United States brough18 KB (2,571 words) - 14:46, 3 March 2024
- ...al units were mostly used in the [[British Commonwealth]] and the former [[British Empire]]. They are still used to some extent but have now been mostly replaced by7 KB (1,122 words) - 14:55, 2 February 2023
- ...tate''', now known as [[Ireland (state)|Ireland]], was a dominion of the [[British Empire]] 1922-1948, which was formed after the ratification of the [[Anglo-Irish T ...nt, pointing out that the voters were left with the choice of war with the British Empire or peace. The Irish people were war weary and voted for an end to conflict,18 KB (2,776 words) - 03:30, 6 March 2024
- ...hese sailors claimed to be American citizens; if they had been born in the British Empire, the Royal Navy considered them still British, seized them and put them in9 KB (1,379 words) - 22:31, 14 September 2013
- ...|British]] government that it would discriminate against subjects of the [[British empire]] from entry. So preference instead was given to Anglo-Saxon immigrants via6 KB (995 words) - 09:16, 2 March 2024
- {{Image|British Empire (populated areas).svg|right|350px|British Empire c.1918.}} The seventeenth century saw the creation of the [[British Empire]], the [[French colonial empire]] and the [[Dutch Empire]]. It also saw the33 KB (4,747 words) - 08:56, 2 March 2024
- - [[British Empire]] -9 KB (1,506 words) - 08:22, 28 April 2024
- ...the great anti-imperialist rebel was now identified with the head of the [[British Empire]].<ref>Graham Webster, ''Boudica: The British Revolt against Rome AD 60'',14 KB (2,185 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- :[[History of railways (British Empire)]]5 KB (719 words) - 09:14, 9 September 2020
- ...s at one point in the 1840s that totaled 75,000 men throughout Europe, the British Empire, and Latin America. He and thousands of British engineers and crews went a10 KB (1,554 words) - 16:09, 8 September 2020
- ...rteen states]] (which were now using the name the "United Colonies") and [[British Empire|Britain]]. July 4 is still celebrated as the nation's birthday. The docume17 KB (2,528 words) - 09:00, 9 August 2023
- ====The British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, 1924==== ...er nations halfway around the globe is now considered distasteful.<ref>The British Empire Exhibition was not classed as a World’s Fair by the Bureau of Internation24 KB (3,849 words) - 07:33, 20 April 2024
- ...came one of the commercial, intellectual and industrial powerhouses of the British Empire. Beginning about 1790 the most important industry in the west of Scotland17 KB (2,660 words) - 08:44, 28 June 2020
- ...ompany]] and eventually see India become the 'Jewel in the Crown' of the [[British Empire]] until India's independence in 1947. The reputation of the Taj as an exqui ...t can trace its influence to the Taj Mahal. For other eastern parts of the British empire, particularly those with Islamic sensibilities, Mughal architecture provide27 KB (4,162 words) - 22:42, 15 September 2013
- ...d., ''Historiography,'' Vol. 5, in Louis, ed., ''The Oxford History of the British Empire'' (2003), 114–33;15 KB (2,135 words) - 02:36, 17 December 2010
- ...in. English is also widely spoken, due to the region's prior status as a [[British empire|British colony]]. Signs in Chinese and English are commonplace. Cantonese i ...order and stability, not just in Hong Kong and in south China, but in the British empire in Asia. Nationalism does not inevitably pit colonized against colonizers,30 KB (4,494 words) - 15:39, 30 September 2014
- * Walvin, James. ''Black Ivory: Slavery in the British Empire'' (2nd ed 2001) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=97564357 online editi14 KB (1,917 words) - 19:48, 1 May 2008
- '''John Robert Walmsley Stott''', [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (born [[April 27]], 1921) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Christian10 KB (1,580 words) - 06:43, 9 June 2009
- ...eorge M. ''Canada and the American Revolution: The Disruption of the First British Empire.'' 1935. by Canadian scholar[http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=6594760 on20 KB (2,674 words) - 21:01, 18 February 2010
- * Horne, Gerald. ''Race War! White Supremacy and the Japanese Attack on the British Empire.'' (2003). 432 pp.11 KB (1,504 words) - 10:49, 23 February 2024
- ...nd finally decided to adopt it too and it became standard throughout the [[British Empire]] including [[North America]], so it was already in use when the USA was co ...so, as the new year in 1752 was on 25 March, the year 1752 throughout the British Empire (except Scotland which was already Gregorian) had only 271 days and was, th17 KB (2,763 words) - 08:53, 2 March 2024
- ..."acts_summary">Page 7. ''British India (in Review of Legislation'', 1913; British Empire), Courtenay Ilbert, ''Journal of the Society of Comparative Legislation'',13 KB (1,939 words) - 08:53, 2 March 2024
- ...Eurythmics schools opened in [[London, United Kingdom]], throughout the [[British Empire]], [[Paris]], [[Berlin]], [[Stockholm]] and [[New York (disambiguation)|New7 KB (1,031 words) - 07:33, 20 April 2024
- ...a small war, 1812-1815, between the [[United States of America]] and the [[British Empire]], over several disputes between the two countries. With [[United Kingdom|B25 KB (3,990 words) - 10:09, 25 February 2024
- ...reer. He was appointed [[CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire)]] in 1980 and was a founder-member of the British [[Crime Writers' Associa15 KB (2,274 words) - 10:15, 21 December 2020
- ...ia came under the direct control of the British Crown as a colony of the [[British Empire]].34 KB (4,996 words) - 16:14, 19 April 2024
- ...ewfoundland and Labrador''' is one of the ten provinces of [[Canada]]. A [[British Empire|British]] colony from the time of [[Elizabeth I|Elizabeth the First]], Newf ...Utrecht]] (1713), France acknowledged that Newfoundland belonged to the [[British Empire]], but French fishermen were given the right to land and cure fish on the "32 KB (4,618 words) - 11:16, 23 February 2024
- ..., was becoming favourable as a way of more logically running the remaining British Empire and of relieving the burden of running loss-making colonies like Nyasaland. When Northern Rhodesia became a Protectorate under the British Empire on [[April 1]], 1924, a Legislative Council was established on which the [[39 KB (5,750 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- The pound sterling was used as the currency of many parts of the [[British Empire]]. As this became the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], commonwealth countries25 KB (3,826 words) - 14:08, 2 February 2023
- ...an (or, at the time, India), it was drawn up for reasons convenient to the British Empire, not to the political geography of the Pashtun people on both sides.9 KB (1,371 words) - 02:52, 21 March 2024
- By the 1900s Ghana belonged to the British Empire, which called the territory the Gold Coast.8 KB (1,262 words) - 11:32, 24 June 2017
- ...h America." In ''Strangers Within the Realm: Cultural Margins of the First British Empire,'' edited by Bernard Bailyn and Philip D. Morgan (1991).15 KB (1,879 words) - 19:46, 23 April 2008
- ===British Empire===33 KB (4,971 words) - 16:53, 22 October 2010
- ===Ties to the British Empire=== ...nies were very different from one another, they were still a part of the [[British Empire]] in more than just name.44 KB (6,636 words) - 08:53, 2 March 2024
- ...n the Province of Canada (1841-67). From 1783 to 1867 it was part of the [[British Empire]] informally called '''British North America.'''<ref> Along with Nova Scoti31 KB (4,490 words) - 04:06, 24 October 2013
- ...volution, it was obvious that unity was needed to overcome a much stronger British Empire and to collaborate with allies like France. Keith Dougherty (2001) uses ana26 KB (4,027 words) - 16:10, 20 March 2023
- ...by factors such as the [[highland clearances]] and the formation of the [[British Empire]], has resulted in Scottish people being found throughout the world. Large | title = Nation and Province in the First British Empire: Scotland and the Americas, 1600-180029 KB (4,255 words) - 07:33, 20 April 2024
- ...[Royal Geographic Society]], she was called the most powerful woman in the British Empire after the First World War, the "uncrowned queen of Iraq", and possibly the30 KB (4,825 words) - 08:48, 20 March 2024
- ...in Italy, and leave the United States the dominant power on the globe. The British Empire survived the war, although it had to give virtually complete autonomy to Ca ...At a deeper level, the Germans were jealous of the magnificent world-wide British Empire. Germans considered themselves the world leader in many areas--science, tec53 KB (8,509 words) - 16:53, 12 March 2024
- ...Palace has since been hailed both as a symbol of the imperial glory of the British Empire and a sign of its inexorable decline. In his book, ''All That Is Solid Me20 KB (3,382 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- * Morrow Jr., John H.. ''The Great War: An Imperial History'' (2003), covers British Empire [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=107337588 online edition]43 KB (6,193 words) - 14:10, 26 February 2024
- ...Palace has since been hailed both as a symbol of the imperial glory of the British Empire and a sign of its inexorable decline. In his book, ''All That Is Solid Me21 KB (3,436 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- ...ponsibility for managing the world's financial system, and for ruling an [[British Empire|Empire]] of almost a quarter of the world's population. ...the [[Union of South Africa]] became a self-governing [[dominion]] of the British Empire. Elsewhere in Africa, the United Kingdom occupied or annexed [[Egypt]], the71 KB (11,140 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- ...mbly exercising real power. It was the first responsible government in the British Empire overseas. Thenceforth no administration could remain in office unless it co ...ard & Co. cargo shipping company and later the Cunard Line, a pride of the British Empire. Samuel parlayed his father's modest waterfront real estate holdings into a37 KB (5,551 words) - 13:57, 24 September 2013
- ...ponsibility for managing the world's financial system, and for ruling an [[British Empire|Empire]] of almost a quarter of the world's population, covering a larger a ...as come through interaction with continental Europe and ties forged by the British Empire. Continuous waves of immigration have brought people to the UK, with Europe55 KB (8,409 words) - 06:07, 3 April 2024
- ...d for Exceptional Civilian Service. He was inducted into the Order of the British Empire, with rank of Honorary Knight Commander, on 17 December 1974<ref name =Bru15 KB (2,385 words) - 10:29, 8 April 2024
- ...eland, Iceland, Greenland or New Zealand, and it recalls the days of the [[British Empire]]: '''[[Lesotho|Basûtolánd]]''', '''[[Swaziland|Swàzilánd]]''' and '''24 KB (3,611 words) - 16:37, 26 May 2017
- ...kner, Phillip. ''Canada and the British Empire''(The Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series) (2008) [http://www.amazon.com/Canada-British-Empire-Histo ...kner, Phillip. ''Canada and the British Empire''(The Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series) (2008) [http://www.amazon.com/Canada-British-Empire-Histo64 KB (8,604 words) - 18:46, 16 July 2010
- ...o real significance until the twentieth century. With the expansion of the British Empire, cricket became widespread and is now the national summer sport in several ...293 to 294.</ref> Cricket's global spread is directly attributable to the British Empire and it is generally viewed as the quintessential English sport that followe51 KB (8,468 words) - 17:33, 11 March 2024
- ...that Parliament had no right to legislate for the colonies and that the [[British Empire]] was bound together solely by allegiance to the King. It proved one of the30 KB (4,464 words) - 08:51, 30 June 2023
- ...('Great Charter'), which defined individual rights. It built a worldwide [[British Empire]], and the numerous countries that evolved from the Empire, including the [ Since the fall of the British Empire, many denizens of former colonies have migrated to the United Kingdom inclu75 KB (11,181 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- ...al virtues may have provided a model that guided the future success of the British Empire.<ref>James Robertson, "Cromwell and the Conquest of Jamaica," ''History Tod36 KB (5,768 words) - 08:53, 2 March 2024
- ...blicized competition was "unwomanly". To gain admission to the Olympic and British Empire Games, the WAAF forged an alliance with the AAU. They also created a system ...imperial-minded elite to promote the game as a way of identifying with the British Empire, Canada, unlike Australia and the West Indies, witnessed a continual declin34 KB (5,037 words) - 17:32, 11 March 2024
- ....S. and became citizens, but some leaders emigrated to other places in the British Empire. [[Samuel Seabury]] was a Loyalist who returned and as the first American b18 KB (2,700 words) - 14:30, 31 March 2024
- ...1920 visit to [[Indochina]] on human plague patients, with success. The [[British Empire]] initiated a vast campaign against plague based on his results. 1927, d'H�20 KB (3,247 words) - 13:19, 2 February 2023
- ...1920 visit to [[Indochina]] on human plague patients, with success. The [[British Empire]] initiated a vast campaign against plague based on his results. 1927, d'He20 KB (3,200 words) - 13:16, 2 February 2023
- ...Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, but not for his music.... The Queen bestowed the OBE on the 61-year-old ro42 KB (6,830 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- ...tten form ''Bombaim'', still common in current Portuguese use. After the [[British Empire|British]] gained possession in the [[17th century]], it was [[anglicise|ang34 KB (5,147 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- The island was ceded to the [[British Empire|British]] in 1796, became a crown colony in 1802, and was united under Brit32 KB (4,753 words) - 16:45, 10 February 2024
- ...ower South. Then if the peace conference could confirm these holdings, the British Empire would emerge tattered but with honor intact, and a great deal of valuable t71 KB (11,368 words) - 16:57, 17 March 2024
- ...had little interest in the continent, but were adamant against helping the British Empire, because it continued to reject independence for Ireland. (The [[Easter Upr35 KB (5,500 words) - 08:40, 23 February 2024
- ...al principles of the Revolution by stating that Virginia was a part of the British Empire, not the Kingdom of England, so it only owed allegiance to the Crown, not P65 KB (10,005 words) - 11:19, 7 March 2024
- ...Boston, Salem and other seaports, linking the local economy to the entire British Empire. By 1750 land shortages were causing problems, as New Englanders (called [[20 KB (3,005 words) - 09:41, 31 July 2023
- ...y, history|steel industries]]. Scotland was an integral component of the [[British Empire]] which allowed the Scottish economy to export its output throughout the wo ...came one of the commercial, intellectual and industrial powerhouses of the British Empire. Beginning about 1790 the most important industry in the west of Scotland68 KB (10,286 words) - 17:33, 11 March 2024
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