The British Empire

Columbus discovers America

1492

https://www.cooltimeline.com/timeline/christopher-columbus-discovers-america/

Sir Francis drake sails to the West indies

1577

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Drake

1603 Queen Elizabeth I rules England and Ireland

1588

https://www.biography.com/people/queen-elizabeth-i-9286133

Britain starts to trade with India

1600

https://www.politico.eu/article/india-no-rush-to-do-bilateral-trade-deal-with-post-brexit-britain-commonwealth-eu-customs-union-external-tariffs/

Jamestown Virginia is the first English settelment in Nord America

1607

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13 colonies in the USA become independent

1776

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First prisonners sent to Autralia

1788

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Cape Town, South Africa is the taken from the Dutsh

1795

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Slavery abolished in all British colonies

1833

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Queen Victoria becomes queen of Ebgland

1837

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Hong Kong is taken form China

1841

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India becomes a British colony

1858

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India becomes independent

1947

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Hong Kong is given back to China

1997

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