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Parent topics
- Commonwealth of Nations [r]: An international organisation that evolved out of the British Empire. [e]
- Britain, history [r]: An account of some of the happenings that have contributed to the creation of the country that is now known as Britain. [e]
- United Kingdom [r]: Constitutional monarchy (capital London) and island nation in north-west Europe, between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, which includes England, Scotland, Wales (on the island of Great Britain) and Northern Ireland. [e]
- Great Britain [r]: The largest part of the United Kingdom, comprising England, Scotland, Wales and islands immediately off their coasts. [e]
Subtopics
- Anglo-Irish Treaty [r]: Treaty between the Irish rebel government and the United Kingdom which established the Irish Free State, and played the greatest role in igniting the Irish Civil War. [e]
- Australia [r]: Continent in the Southern Hemisphere and the federal parliamentary nation that occupies it. [e]
- Boxer Rebellion [r]: An outbreak of anti-foreign violence in China in 1900. [e]
- British cuisine [r]: A list of well-known dishes, meals and food items in British cuisine, in alphabetical order. [e]
- British English [r]: Any of the spoken and written variants of the English language originating in the United Kingdom; widely used around the world, especially in current and former countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. [e]
- Canada [r]: The world's second-largest country by total area, occupying most of northern North America; officially a bilingual nation, in English and French (population approx. 27 million). [e]
- Canadian English [r]: Any of the dialects of English, standard or not, that are used in Canada. [e]
- Church of England [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Common law [r]: Ancient law of England, and in countries colonized by Britain, based upon societal customs and recognized and enforced by the judgments and decrees of the courts. [e]
- Commonwealth English [r]: A blanket term for the English that developed during the British Empire separately from the United States of America. [e]
- Cricket (sport) [r]: An outdoor team sport played with a bat and ball; highly popular in England and Commonwealth countries. [e]
- Cyprus [r]: Contested eastern Mediterranean island republic (population c. 793,000; capital Nicosia (Lefkosia)), divided between Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC, recognised only by Turkey) in the north and Greek Cypriot Republic of Cyprus (Cyprus) in the south. [e]
- Declaration of Independence [r]: Document formally declaring the independence of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain, July 4, 1776. [e]
- Benjamin Disraeli [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dominion [r]: Term applied to the first members of the British Commonwealth to become independent. [e]
- Easter Rising [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Egypt [r]: A country in the northeastern corner of Africa, bordering Sudan, Libya, the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea [e]
- England [r]: The largest and southernmost country in the United Kingdom, and location of the largest city and seat of government, London; population about 51,000,000. [e]
- English language [r]: A West Germanic language widely spoken in the United Kingdom, its territories and dependencies, Commonwealth countries and former colonial outposts of the British Empire; has developed the status of a global language. [e]
- George II (Britain) [r]: (1683-1760) The second Hanoverian king of Great Britain, reigning 1727-1760; son of George I. [e]
- George III [r]: King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760-1820, between George II and George IV. [e]
- Halifax, Nova Scotia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- India [r]: Republic in South Asia; the world's largest democracy. Borders Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China, Nepal, Pakistan [e]
- Ireland (disambiguation) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Irish Free State [r]: Dominion of the British Empire between 1922-1948. Formed following the ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, ended with the declaration of the Republic of Ireland in 1948. [e]
- Kenya [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Law [r]: Body of rules of conduct of binding legal force and effect, prescribed, recognized, and enforced by a controlling authority. [e]
- Liberalism [r]: Economic and political doctrine advocating free enterprise, free competition and free will. [e]
- London [r]: The capital of the United Kingdom and England. [e]
- Malta [r]: An island republic (population c. 403,500; capital Valletta) lying in the Mediterranean Sea, midway between Europe and North Africa; of the four main islands of the Maltese Archipelago, Gozo, Malta and Kummuna are inhabited and Filfla is not. [e]
- Mumbai [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Newfoundland and Labrador [r]: Province in Eastern Canada. [e]
- Norfolk Island [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nova Scotia [r]: (population 939,531) A Maritime province on the east coast of Canada. [e]
- Ontario [r]: A province in eastern Canada, the second largest in area and with approximately 12,000,000 people (2006 census) the most populous. [e]
- Parliament of the United Kingdom [r]: The supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom its territories. [e]
- Pound sterling [r]: The currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown dependencies (the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands) and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctic Territory, subdivided into 100 pence, with the symbol £. [e]
- Quebec, history [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Scotland [r]: A country that forms the northernmost part of the United Kingdom; population about 5,200,000. [e]
- Scottish people [r]: A nation and an ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. [e]
- Spelling pronunciation [r]: Pronunciation of a word that differs from the historically established one, arising on the basis of the word's spelling. [e]
- Sri Lanka [r]: An island nation in South Asia, located 31 km off the south-east coast of India, formerly known as Ceylon . [e]
- Ulster [r]: The northernmost of the four provinces of Ireland. [e]
- Union of South Africa [r]: A dominion of the British Empire, 1910-1961 [e]
- Victoria [r]: Queen of Britain from 1837-1901, the longest reign in British history. [e]
- Virginia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- War of 1812, Causes [r]: This War was caused by British strategic needs of the Napoleonic Wars, primarily its need for sailors to fight Napoleon, and its plan to restrict foreign trade entering France [e]
- William Butler Yeats [r]: (June 13 1865 – January 28 1939), the greatest lyric poet in English in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. [e]
- William Shakespeare [r]: (1564- 1616) English poet and playwright. [e]
Other related topics
- Arthur Griffith [r]: (1871-1922) The founding father of the Sinn Fein Party. [e]
- Banknotes of South West Africa [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Boudica [r]: Queen of the British Iceni who led a revolt against the Roman occupation in AD 60 or 61. [e]
- Chips (food) [r]: Strips of skinless potato that are grilled, deep-fried or baked until their outsides are crisp and approaching golden brown in colour [e]
- Edmund Burke [r]: (1729–97) British political thinker who opposed the French Revolution and developed a coherent conservate philosophy. [e]
- English breakfast [r]: A meal generally consisting of four elements: egg, tomato, baked beans, and bacon or sausage. [e]
- Florida, history [r]: Acquired by the U.S. in 1821 and remained a peripheral state until the late 20th century, when migrants from cold-weather areas relocated giving it the 4th largest population by 2000. [e]
- France [r]: Western European republic (population c. 64.1 million; capital Paris) extending across Europe from the English Channel in the north-west to the Mediterranean in the south-east; bounded by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain; founding member of the European Union. Colonial power in Southeast Asia until 1954. [e]
- Félix d'Hérelle [r]: (1873 – 1949) - A French-Canadian bacteriologist, and the discoverer of bacteriophages. [e]
- Gold [r]: Chemical element 79, a lustrous corrosion-resistant precious metal used for money, electronics and jewelry. [e]
- Jacob Pavlovich Adler [r]: International star of Yiddish theater in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [e]
- Sri Aurobindo [r]: (1872–1950) Influential Indian philosopher, yogin and nationalist, developer of Integral consciousness theory and the Integral movement. [e]
- Taj Mahal [r]: 17th century mausoleum complex, located on the south bank of the River Yamuna in Agra, India. [e]
- Wars of Afghanistan [r]: Wars of Afghanistan from the 19th century to the present [e]
- Wars of Iraq [r]: The 20th and 21st century wars of modern Iraq, or the country created by British authorities from former governorates of the Ottoman Empire [e]
- Émile Jacques-Dalcroze [r]: (6 July 1865 – 1 July 1950) Swiss musician and music educator who developed eurhythmics, a method of learning and experiencing music through movement. [e]
