The British Empire By Fish kidane 1492 Columbus discovers America https://www.biography.com/people/christopher-columbus-9254209 1577 Sir Fracis Drake sails to the West Indies Impact on the world 1588 1603 queen Elizabeth I rules England and Ireland https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/1617848.html 1600 Britain starts to trade with India https://www.cooltimeline.com/timeline/christopher-columbus-discovers-america/ 1607 Jamestown, Virginia, is the first English settlement in North America 1776 13 colonies in the USA become independent 1788 First prisoners sent to Australia 1795 Cape Town, South Africa is taken from the Dutch 1833 Slavery abolished in all British colonies 1837 Queen Victoria becomes queen of England https://www.biography.com/people/queen-victoria-9518355 1841 Hong Kong is taken from China Hong Kong is taken from China 1858 India becomes a British colony https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/indian-nationalism-timeline-807e5ebd-9b44-48b1-a185-93569fc1f631 1947 India becomes independent https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=603&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=RmM8XLm3KtCKmgWJh5D4CA&q=India+becomes+independent&oq=India+becomes+independent&gs_l=img.3..0i19.2280.24888..27075...0.0..1.76.1730.29......2....1j2..gws-wiz-img.....0..0j0i67.1IFz8yE6lL4#imgrc=PWUcPPcYgsBVgM: 1997 Hong Kong is given back to China http://www.thatsmags.com/shanghai/post/19556/this-day-in-history-hong-kong-is-handed-back-to-china
