The British Empire

Columbus discovers America

1492

https://www.biography.com/people/christopher-columbus-9254209

Sir Fracis Drake sails to the West Indies

1577

Impact on the world

1603 queen Elizabeth I rules England and Ireland

1588

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/1617848.html

Britain starts to trade with India

1600

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

Jamestown, Virginia, is the first English settlement in North America

1607

13 colonies in the USA become independent

1776

First prisoners sent to Australia

1788

Cape Town, South Africa is taken from the Dutch

1795

Slavery abolished in all British colonies

1833

Queen Victoria becomes queen of England

1837

https://www.biography.com/people/queen-victoria-9518355

Hong Kong is taken from China

1841

Hong Kong is taken from China

India becomes a British colony

1858

https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/indian-nationalism-timeline-807e5ebd-9b44-48b1-a185-93569fc1f631

India becomes independent

1947

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:

Hong Kong is given back to China

1997

http://www.thatsmags.com/shanghai/post/19556/this-day-in-history-hong-kong-is-handed-back-to-china