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The British empire

  • Period: Sep 3, 1500 to

    The British colonization expaned

    Britain was one of the dominant colonial powers when France and Netherland lost during wars.
    Britain established colonies in America and Asia.
  • The first colonie in America was established

    Queen Elizabeth I of England gave sir Walter permission to establish colonies in north America. The first two attempt to raise colonies failed and the third succed.
    The land was named Virginia after Queen Elizibeth.
    After this event the growing colonization began.
  • The loss of Virginia

  • Britain has an interest for India

  • The first colonie in India

    The first colonie in India was established in 1607. This was at Jamestown, East India.
  • Britain gets Bermuda

  • Anglo-Powhatan war

    In 1613 in India a war called Anglo.Powhatan is begun. During this war the colonists from Jamestown is keeping the American India princess captured.
  • Factory on the Indian west coast

  • English Pilgrims

    102 Pilgrims from England sail in thhe Mayflower to the new world
  • Sudden attack to Jamestown

    About 300 settlers are killed when Powhatan Indians suddenly attack the colonie Jamestown.
  • Settlement of Barbados

  • Settlement of Jamaica

  • Slave trade

  • War in the upcoming years

    from the 1750s they began to wage war on land in eastern and south-eastern India and to reap the reward of successful warfare, which was the exercise of political power, notably over the rich province of Bengal. By the end of the century British rule had been consolidated over the first conquests and it was being extended up the Ganges valley to Delhi and over most of the peninsula of southern India. By then the British had established a military dominance that would enable them in the next fift
  • The first global war in modern hisotry

    The seven year long war begins. Britain wanted france's colonies, so they fought against each other. On France's side was Australia, Russia nad Spain. But Britain won i 1763, the won big parts of India, Florida, Minorca and West Indies.
  • At Britain's heighst

    Britain's heighst was in 1922.
  • Britain is losing its power

    During the time after world war two Britain is loosing its colonies.
  • India is free

    After the world war 2, India finally becomes free.
  • Loss of colonies in America 1775/83