Empires

  • Period: 1543 to

    Dutch Empire

    The Dutch empire claimed a few domains which were in control of the Dutch Republic (joined-up Provinces). The Dutch realm utilised their aptitudes in shipping and exchange with a few other realms. With Dutch naval control getting greater, the Netherlands got to be the ruler of worldwide commerce in the second half of the 17th century. This was called the ‘Dutch Golden Age’. The Netherlands misplaced numerous colonials and its worldwide control towards the British.
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    British Empire

    The size of the British Realm – the total amount of land and people subject to British rule – has shifted over time. At its height in 1922, it was the biggest domain the world had ever seen, covering around a quarter of the Earth's surface and administering over 458 million people. In the 16th century, Great Britain needed to expand to establish overseas settlements under the organisation of the British government.
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    French Empire

    The storey of France's colonial domain started on July 27, 1605 with the establishment of Port Royal within the colony of Acadia in North America, in what is now Nova Scotia, Canada. Many a long time afterward, in 1608, Samuel de Champlain established Quebec, which was to gotten to be the capital of the gigantic, but inadequately settled, fur-trading colony of Unused France (too called Canada).
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    Qing Dynasty

    In the early 1600s, the Manchu individuals of northern China started to join together against the Ming tradition. They shaped military society to some degree and mobilised a huge armed force. In 1644, the Manchus crossed the Great Wall and attacked China. They soon took control of the Chinese capital city, Beijing, and announced the start of an unused line called the Qing. "Hail of the Qing Line (1889–1912)"