The rise and fall of the British empire

The first British empire

Period: Jan 1, 1583 to Jan 1, 1783

Barbuda
Nova Scotia

Colonies

Jan 1, 1763

Rise of the second British empire

Period: Jan 1, 1783 to Jan 1, 1815

Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
South Caribbean islands

The imperial century

Period: Jan 1, 1815 to Jan 1, 1914

Berbice
Demerara Essequibo
Natal
Basutoland
Assiniboia
Transvaal
Sierra Leone
Britsh Guiana
Orange River Colony
Barbuda
Gold coast
Uganda
Leeward Islands
Canada
Newfoundland
Nigeria
Cape Colony
St. Lucia
Atigua-Berbuda-Montserrat
Turks and Caicos Islands
Ellice Islands
New South Wales
Pitcairn Islands
Queensland
Van Diemens
Tasmania
Victoria
Swan River
Western Australia
Gilbert Islands

1822-1914

Jan 1, 1822

Deconolisation and decline

Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1997

Burma
Basutoland
Kenya
Bechunaland
Zimbawe-Rhodesia
Gold coast
Uganda
Akrotiri
Dhekelia
Nigeria
Cape Colony
Jamacia
Dominica
Grenada
Trinidad and Tobago
Antigua
Windward Island
Barbados
Montserrat
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
British Virgin Islands

The legacy

Period: Jan 1, 1997 to Sep 10, 2015

Anguilla
Bermuda
Britsh Antartic Territory
British Indian Territory
Britsh Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar
Montserrat
Pitcairn islands
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Sovereign Base Areas of Aktrotiri and Dhekelia
Turks and Caicos Islands