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British Empire Timeline

By liambrosnan

  • East India Company

    The East India Company is a thing

  • Jamestown Colony

    The Jamestown Colony was the first successful English colony in the new world.

  • The British Land in India

    The British go to India but have not yet taken over

  • The pilgrims come to America

    The pilgrims established a colony

  • The British take Jamaica

    Jamaica was used as a slave and sugar colony.

  • Scotland and England unite

    They united

  • The British take control of Canada 'eh

    The British took Canada from the French after the Seven Years War

  • New Zealand Is taken

    Australia's little brother

  • American Independence

    The American Revolution

  • Malaysia is taken

    Malaysia is colonized by the British

  • The British take Australia

    The Land Down Under

  • Sri Lanka or Ceylon is Taken

    Sri Lanka or Ceylon is an Island of the coast of India

  • The British take South Africa from the Dutch

    The Dutch later fought the Brits in a war called the Boer War but they lost

  • The British take Burma

    Burma is a place

  • The British take Hong Kong

    The British Empire took Hong Kong for 99 years mainly to import opium

  • British Raj in India

    The Raj is Formed

  • The British take Egypt

    The British took Egypt from the Ottoman Empire

  • Zimbabwe or Rhodesia

    The British took this place too