The British Empire by https://padlet.com/jrcdni4no9/1exzhywvbjbt Made with an open mind and old soul :') en-us 2017-08-14 08:25:06 UTC 2024-05-16 03:02:29 UTC hello@padlet.com The Begining jrcdni4no9 https://padlet.com/jrcdni4no9/1exzhywvbjbt/wish/180892042 The first British Empire occurred in 1583 and lastet till 1783. During that time Britain gained (and lost) "the 13 colonies".  ]]> 2017-08-14 08:29:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jrcdni4no9/1exzhywvbjbt/wish/180892042 Rise of the second British Empire jrcdni4no9 https://padlet.com/jrcdni4no9/1exzhywvbjbt/wish/180892359 in 1783 the British Empire rose again, and lastet till 1815. The British government tuned to the newly discovered lands of Australia.]]> 2017-08-14 08:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jrcdni4no9/1exzhywvbjbt/wish/180892359 James Cook - 1770 jrcdni4no9 https://padlet.com/jrcdni4no9/1exzhywvbjbt/wish/180892570 James Cook discovered the eastern coast of Australia, claimed the continent for Britain and named it "New South Wales".]]> 2017-08-14 08:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jrcdni4no9/1exzhywvbjbt/wish/180892570 Britain's imperial century (1815-1914) jrcdni4no9 https://padlet.com/jrcdni4no9/1exzhywvbjbt/wish/180892881 - Britain had 10 million squaremiles af territory
- The empire counted 400 million people 
- Dominant position in world trade. ]]> 2017-08-14 08:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jrcdni4no9/1exzhywvbjbt/wish/180892881 The sun never sets on the British Empire jrcdni4no9 https://padlet.com/jrcdni4no9/1exzhywvbjbt/wish/180893349 This phrase was coined during the height of the British Colonialism. At the height of it's glory, the British Empire stretched from New Zealand and Australia all the way up to Canada. It included many countries including India, South Africa and some other African countries. British Colonies existed across all time zones and thus there would always be sunlight on some part of the empire. Accordingly, it was said that the Sun Never Set on the British Empire.]]> 2017-08-14 08:44:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jrcdni4no9/1exzhywvbjbt/wish/180893349 British Raj (1858-1947) jrcdni4no9 https://padlet.com/jrcdni4no9/1exzhywvbjbt/wish/180894077 The British Raj was the rule by the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent. India gained independence in 1947. The region under British control in commonly referred to "British India"

]]> 2017-08-14 08:53:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jrcdni4no9/1exzhywvbjbt/wish/180894077 The end of the Empire jrcdni4no9 https://padlet.com/jrcdni4no9/1exzhywvbjbt/wish/180894277 In 1980 southern Rhodesia, Britains last African colony became the independent nation of Zimbabwe. 
- the passage of the British Nationality Act (1981) reclassified the remaining Crown colonies as "British Dependent Territories  ]]> 2017-08-14 08:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jrcdni4no9/1exzhywvbjbt/wish/180894277