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Weihaiwei under British rule (2 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Former British colonies and protectorates in Asia" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total.
Below are lists of the countries and territories that were formerly ruled or administered by the United Kingdom or part of the British Empire (including military occupations that did not retain the pre-war central government), with their independence days. Some countries did not gain their independence on a single date, therefore the latest day ...
Former British colonies and protectorates in Asia (23 C, 51 P) B. British rule in Burma (14 C, 25 P) E. ... British rule in Malaysian history (2 C) P.
The battle transformed British perspective as they realised their strength and potential to conquer smaller Indian kingdoms and marked the beginning of the imperial or colonial era in South Asia. Lord Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey by Francis Hayman , depicting Robert Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the battle of ...
Ferro, Marc, Colonization: A Global History (1997) Gibbons, H.A. The New Map of Africa (1900–1916): A History of European Colonial Expansion and Colonial Diplomacy (1916) online free; Hopkins, Anthony G., and Peter J. Cain. British Imperialism: 1688–2015 (Routledge, 2016). Mackenzie, John, ed. The Encyclopedia of Empire (4 vol 2016) Maltby ...
The first English overseas colonies started in 1556 with the plantations of Ireland after the Tudor conquest of Ireland.One such overseas joint stock colony was established in the late 1560s, at Kerrycurrihy near Cork city [16] Several people who helped establish colonies in Ireland also later played a part in the early colonisation of North America, particularly a group known as the West ...
British colonies in South Asia, East Asia, And Southeast Asia: British Burma (1824–1948, merged with India by the British from 1886 to 1937) British Ceylon (1833-1948, now Sri Lanka) British Hong Kong (1842–1997) Colonial India (includes the territory of present-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) Danish India (1696–1869) Swedish ...
The influence and imperialism of the West (Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, United States) and associated states (such as Russia and Japan) peaked in Asian territories from the colonial period beginning in the 16th century and substantially reducing with 20th century decolonization.