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The Tudor, Humphrey Gilbert settles in Newfoundland
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The East India Company was incorporated by royal charter
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The British claim the east coast of America
The first of the permanent English colonies in the Americas was established in Jamestown, Virginia -
The British claim Canada
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The British claim the Caribbean
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Americans earn Independence (Independence Day)
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Captain Hook discover Australia
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The British win the Napoleonic wars against French Empire
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Indian rebellion against British rule (unsuccessful)
At the time, Queen Victoria formed a army that crushed the rebellion. This rebellion known as the “Sepoy revolt” was a mutiny and the two sides violently fought with each other. -
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The British loose colonies one by one …
1867 - Independence of Canada
1901 - Independence of Australia Even if the British won World War II, they are now broken and cannot rule their colonies without money. These colonies begin to claim their independence one by one…
1947 - India
1948 - a part of Ireland
1956 - Egypt + Sudan
1960 - Cyprus
1961 - South Africa
1963 - Zanzibar + Singapore
1964 - Malta
1970 - Fidji
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Boer wars
The British Army fought a bitter colonial war against the Boers* in South Africa to earn the land. *the people in southern Africa who traced their ancestry to Dutch, German and French Huguenot settlers