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The British Empire refers to the possessions, dominions, and dependencies under the control of the Crown.In addition to the areas formally under the sovereignty of the British monarch, various "foreign" territories were controlled as protectorates; territories transferred to British administration under the authority of the League of Nations or the United Nations; and miscellaneous other ...
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. . It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, and colonisation attempts by Scotland during the 17th century.
British government recognized independence in 1783 with the Treaty of Paris; the United States has subsequently expanded its territory, taking in the Red River Colony in 1818 and Columbia District in 1846, as well as gaining territory that was not a part of the British Empire, most prominently through the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, 1819 Florida ...
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. . It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, and colonisation attempts by Scotland during the 17th centu
Produced under the direction of A. Gross, (London: Geographia, 1921; British Library shelfmark Maps 1080.(70.)). The intermediate mapping is the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain. Scale of ten statute miles to one inch. 1:633 600 maps from 1904 (British Library shelfmark Maps 1125.(14.)). The Ordnance Survey First Series.
The empire's population was classified into white people, also referred to as Europeans, and non-white people, variously referred to as persons of color, negros and natives. [ 3 ] [ 10 ] The largest ethnic grouping in the empire was Indians (including what are now Pakistanis and Bangladeshis ), who were classified into 118 groups on the basis ...
Historian David Olusoga said the survey captured ‘one of the most dramatic and dangerous moments in history’.
Map showing the British Empire in 1886 (before expansion in Africa) The Imperial Federation was a series of proposals in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to create a federal union to replace the existing British Empire, presenting it as an alternative to colonial imperialism.