British empire

BRITISH EMPIRE

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  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada
    1558

    Defeat of the Spanish Armada

  • Queen Elizabeth I
    1558

    Queen Elizabeth I

    Until 1603
  • East India Company.

    East India Company.

    The company ends in 1858
  • The Mayflower

    The Mayflower

    Set sail from the port of Plymouth and began the journey with around one hundred passengers, mainly Puritans seeking a new life away from persecution
  • Civil War

    Civil War

    Under Charles l
  • Oliver Cromwell arises a rebellion in Ireland.

    Oliver Cromwell arises a rebellion in Ireland.

  • Navigation Acts

    Aimed to protect English trading
  • The Glorious Revolution

    The Glorious Revolution

    Cooperation between the monarchy and the Parliament
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights

  • Act of Union

    The Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland had been united

  • The Treaty of Utrecht

    Successfully concludes the War of the Spanish succession.
  • American War of Independence

    American War of Independence

    Britain is forced to recognise the independence of 13 colonies. Ended in 1783
  • The Congress of Vienna

    The Congress of Vienna

    Britain returned Dutch and French colonies
  • The abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire

    The abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire

  • Queen Victoria

    Queen Victoria

    Until 1901
  • The Opium Wars

    The Opium Wars

    Between China and Britain, resulting from the trade of opium leading to widespread addictions. As a result the trade was forbidden in China and any opium found was destroyed.
    Treaty of Nanking concluded the Opium Wars.
    Ended in 1842
  • Great Exhibition

    Great Exhibition

  • Crimean War

    Until 1856
  • Occupation of Suez Canal

    Occupation of Suez Canal

  • Elementary Education Act

    Elementary Education Act

  • Queen Victoria, Empress of India

    Queen Victoria, Empress of India

  • The First Boer War

    The First Boer War

    Between the British and the South African Republic.
  • Second Boer War

    Second Boer War

    Fought between the British Empire and the two Boer States known as the Republic of Transvaal and the Orange Free State. An accumulation of tension over a century’s old rivalry between the two powers, escalated by the profits gained from the Witwatersrand gold mines, led to the Boer Ultimatum.