The British Empire

By sleepyheaad
  • 1580

    Discovery of the West Indies

  • Period: 1580 to

    The British Empire

  • Discovery of the Bahamas.

  • England and Scotland came together (United Kingdom)

  • British Virgin Islands

  • India

  • 13 American Colonies

  • The British took over Gibraltar

  • The French and the Native Americans declared war on Britain

  • The war ended. Canada and Florida became British.

  • Boston Tea Party

  • American declaration of Independence.

  • America declared war on Britain.

  • James Cook discovered Australia and New Zealand

  • The war ended. The British surrendered at Yorktown.

  • Napoleón declared war on Britain.

  • Ireland's flag became part of the Union Flag

  • Sir Arthur Wellesley defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.

  • Indian Revolution. Government took control of East India.

  • War against the Zulu tribe in South Africa. (Britain won).

  • Imperial Germany declares war on Britain.

  • The war was won by Britain.

  • Empire at its highest.

  • Germany, Italy and Japan started WWII.

  • The Allies won the war.

  • Britain went bankrupt, (too expensive to have all the colonies)