Timeline of the British Empire by Solveig by Solveig Keldebæk https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp en-us 2017-03-17 12:14:47 UTC 2023-03-28 14:13:39 UTC hello@padlet.com The Act of Union 1707, which gave birth to Great Britain solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/160766263 2017-03-17 12:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/160766263 In 1497 the British Empire did not exist, neither did britain. solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/160931036 2017-03-18 13:36:25 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/160931036 Elizabeth the first 1558-1603 solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/160950732 The first person to use the phrase British Empire was Elizabeth. She defended Britain's independence from French occupation (The Spanish Armada 1588). She was known for encouragement of exploration and trade. Toward the end of her rein she also founded the East India Company ]]> 2017-03-18 19:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/160950732 James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/160950915 was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I. He oversaw the first permanent English settlement in America, for instance the colony Jamestown in 1907.]]> 2017-03-18 19:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/160950915 During the war, Britain conquered more of Northamerica and India solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/160954014 2017-03-18 20:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/160954014 The main British cash crops (a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower) grown in India were: solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161020633 1. Indigo (which was used to make expensive purple dye)
2. Poppies (from which opium was extracted for sale to China). The aim of selling opium to China was to earn the silver back to reuse it as money to trade with China. ]]> 2017-03-19 19:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161020633 The Seven Years' War (1754-1763) solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161021414 was the first global war, fought in Europe, India, and America, and at sea.
The war was driven by the commercial and imperial rivalry between Britain and France, and by the animosity (fjendskab) between Prussia (allied to Britain) and Austria (allied to France). They struggled for supremacy.]]> 2017-03-19 19:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161021414 The trade with India focused mainly on textiles, spices and tea. solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161023705 2017-03-19 20:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161023705 1783: Britain accepted the American independence an lost a great part of the Northamerican territory solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161024447 2017-03-19 20:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161024447 solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161026302 Britain had a deep influence on Indian politics. The East India Company made heavy taxes against the locals, so it become an important revenue stream to Britain]]> 2017-03-19 20:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161026302 Reasons for colonial expansion: solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161028078 1. To civilize the natives and make them convert to christianity. "The civilized" claimed that they saved the natives souls. 
2. Sience through discovery of land
3.The most common reason was MONEY
4. Security - The money from trade
5. Imperial trade - sugar, tobacco and the sale of slaves --->

]]> 2017-03-19 21:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161028078 solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161028580 2017-03-19 21:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161028580 solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161028844 2017-03-19 21:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161028844 The Atlantic Triangle Trade solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161028892 2017-03-19 21:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161028892 solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161029286 2017-03-19 21:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161029286 solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161029872 2017-03-19 21:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161029872 elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161103033 2017-03-20 09:42:34 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161103033 Colonial establishment in America 1620 elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161104867 2017-03-20 09:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161104867 The English civil war 1642-1651: elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161105116 The war is known as the 'Wars of the Three Kingdoms'. A conflict between England, Scotland and Ireland.]]> 2017-03-20 09:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161105116 Great Britain's position during the Triangular Trade 1713: elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161108074 British sailors became involved in the trade in the 16th century. The Treaty of Utrecht gave them the right to sell slaves in the Spanish Empire.

The British three-legged journey:
1. Taking trade goods(guns, brandy etc.) to Africa for exchange for slaves.
2. Taking the slaves to the 'Middle Passage' across the Atlantic to sell in the West Inides and North America.
3. Taking a cargo of rum and sugar back to sell in England.
]]> 2017-03-20 10:01:28 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161108074 1750 The Industrial Revolution: elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161109444 Machines are invested to help mass produce products. More people move into towns and the working class grows. ]]> 2017-03-20 10:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161109444 American fight for independence in 1776: elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161110554 The colonies of America fight for their freedom from England. ]]> 2017-03-20 10:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161110554 1837 Queen Victoria: elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161111887 Queen Victoria was queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. She was known for her social changes and empire expansion, hereby was declared 'Empress of India', which means a British monarch that was also king of India.]]> 2017-03-20 10:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161111887 elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161112135 Young Victoria]]> 2017-03-20 10:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161112135 The White Man's Burden 1899: elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161112280 A poem written by the British novelist and poet Rudyard Kipling to U.S. imperialism. 
He was famous for defending the British Empire. He claimed that the western world protected the colonial countries against their mutual wars and corruption. The western world was technologically and economically superior, they were more civilized. So, the British Empire saw them colonizing as a moral duty to help other countries. That was “The White Man’s Burden.” They had a responsibility to help/civilize the natives, and that was the burden. They also had to safe their souls. The natives were not Christians so otherwise they would just go to hell. The colonists also claim that the natives were ungrateful of the colonists. They were acting childish, so the burden was also to raise them. ]]> 2017-03-20 10:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161112280 elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161112532 2017-03-20 10:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161112532 World War l 1914-1918: elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161114871 Great Britain helps France in the War. The war has taken a toll on the country and its finances. Therefore, England is no longer the number one nation in the world]]> 2017-03-20 10:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161114871 elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161115186 2017-03-20 10:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161115186 elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161115667 2017-03-20 10:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161115667 elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161115800 2017-03-20 10:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161115800 The Vision of Britain 1926: elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161116036 By 1926 Britain had emerged from the first WW and the country had a passion for colonial rule and a desire to improve the lives of others. Marshall Douglas; "The call for imperial unity is not the selfish and despairing cry of an outworn people. The men who fought beside us in the great war knew that the old country with all its problems and its difficulties is not played out yet"

]]> 2017-03-20 10:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161116036 Marshall Douglas elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161116236 2017-03-20 10:39:53 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161116236 Class Society in Britain 1926: elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161116427 The ground of optimism were fading due to the mother country is divided by class and wealth. Industries like shipbuilding etc. were in decline in Britain and Employers called for higher wages. The lower class population were tired to work for others who lived in luxury but they were unfortunately still forced to accept lower wages and longer hours due to the huge gap of class society.]]> 2017-03-20 10:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161116427 Warfare in Palenstine 1936-1966: elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161116649 Palestine were placed under british control after the World War l, until the United States took over the responsibility.]]> 2017-03-20 10:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161116649 World War ll 1939-1945: elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161117283 Britain declared war on Germany.]]> 2017-03-20 10:45:29 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161117283 Winston Churchill 1940-1945: elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161117609 Was a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a non-academic historian, and a writer (as Winston S. Churchill).
He was the leader of the coalition government during World War 2, when he turned a looming defeat into victory, as a symbol of the British endurance during the war against Nazi Germany. Until then, his political career had been extremely volatile.]]> 2017-03-20 10:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161117609 Winston Churchill elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161117797 2017-03-20 10:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161117797 The British Empire Ruled Malaysia 1945-1957: elenasaberr https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161117930 Under British rule, Malaysia was one of the most profitable territories of the Empire, being the world's largest producer of tin and later rubber.]]> 2017-03-20 10:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161117930 solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161325196 Old Victoria ]]> 2017-03-20 20:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161325196 solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161330842 2017-03-20 20:52:38 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161330842 Victoria giving the bible to the Indians solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161334203 2017-03-20 21:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161334203 1788: First Australian penal (criminal) colony established solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161334396 Over the next 60 years, approximately 50,000 criminals were transported from Great Britain to the “land down under”, Australia]]> 2017-03-20 21:12:32 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161334396 The British Government request the United States to take up the solution of Palestine 1947: solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161337287 "In 1947, Great Britain, unable to reconcile its conflicting obligations to both Jews and Arabs, requested that the United Nations take up the question of Palestine. In May, the U.N. Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) was created by a General Assembly resolution. UNSCOP's purpose was to investigate the situation in Palestine and ‘submit such proposals as it may consider appropriate for the solution of the problem of Palestine."]]> 2017-03-20 21:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161337287 solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161337962 2017-03-20 21:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161337962 solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161338005 2017-03-20 21:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161338005 These two Indians provoked India´s independence around the 1940's (+ the creation of Pakistan because Muhammad was a muslim) solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161338233 2017-03-20 21:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161338233 1947 Indian independence solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161338640 India gained its independence after the World War ll due to India gained power and Britain became more weak.]]> 2017-03-20 21:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161338640 Suez Crisis 1956: solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161339056 The 1956 Suez Crisis was a savage revelation of Britain's financial and military weakness. Britain slowly lost their power over Kenya and Malaysia, due to the blockade of the Suez Canal]]> 2017-03-20 21:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161339056 Kenya becomes independent from Britain in 1963: solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161339571 2017-03-20 21:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161339571 END OF EMPIRE 1970s solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161339621 Britain enters the European Union in 1973. Britain experienced a large inflow of migrants- a legacy of its imperial past.]]> 2017-03-20 21:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161339621 The prestige and ideals of the empire are fading and the empire crumbles solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161339973 2017-03-20 21:48:53 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161339973 BREXIT in 2016 solveigkeldebaek https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161340387 Imperial attitudes live on?]]> 2017-03-20 21:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/solveigkeldebaek/qyyi4vbys0kp/wish/161340387