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| | British Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | British gains in southern and East Africa prompted Rhodes and Alfred Milner, Britain's High Commissioner in South Africa, to urge a "Cape-to-Cairo" empire linking by rail the strategically important Canal to the mineral-rich South, though German occupation of Tanganyika prevented its realisation until the end of World War I. | | | During the long period of unbroken Whig dominance of domestic political life (1714–62), the Empire became less important and less well-regarded, until an ill-fated attempt (largely involving taxes, monopolies, and zoning) to reverse the resulting "salutary neglect" (or "benign neglect") provoked the American War of Independence (1775–83), depriving Britain of her most populous colonies. | | | The treaty divided Ireland into two states, most of the island (26 counties) became the Irish Free State, an independent dominion nation within the British Commonwealth, while the six counties in the north with a largely loyalist, Protestant community remained a part of the United Kingdom as Northern Ireland. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire
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| | British Empire page |
| | A British Governor General was appointed with his capital in Calcutta, and subsidiary governors in the provinces. | | | He was appointed by and answerable to a British cabinet member: the Secretary for India; or the Colonial Secretary. | | | The last colonial war was in Aden where the British had to leave by helicopter, leaving no state behind. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/mac/egmatthews/worldinfo/europe/empire.html
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| | British Empire - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about British Empire |
| | One reason for the British government's interest in the 13 American colonies was as a dumping ground for convicts, debtors, and political prisoners, many of whom were sentenced to transportation rather than to gaol or the gallows (at that time the law provided the death sentence for stealing a sheep). | | | Pirates, traders, soldiers, explorers, financial speculators, missionaries, convicts, and refugees all played a part in creating the British Empire, but increasingly British governments were drawn in to maintain it. | | | Famous as ‘Clive of India’, his military ability in the service of the East India Company secured British supremacy against the French, while his administrative skills underpinned the reform of colonial government. |
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http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/British%20Empire
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| | British Irsralism-Justification for an Empire |
| | British Israelites arrived at this figure by first establishing that during at least half of the 765 years from the time of the Exodus to the capture of Samaria in 721 B.C.E., idolatry (the worship of Baal) flourished in the Northern Kingdom. | | | This trek, which brings the birthright people to the British Isles, is the fundamental basis upon which the British-Israelite justification of their Empire is built. | | | Above is the first stage, in which the birthright itself is divided between the two sons of Joseph, with Ephraim being understood as the ancestor from which the people of Great Britain, and hence her Empire, descended, and Manasseh as being the ancestor of the United States of America. |
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http://www.revneal.org/Writings/british.htm
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| | Neo-British Empire of the Crown - 500 Year Chronology |
| | British retain control of America through Anglophile Franklin Roosevelt. | | | Cecil Rhodes attempts to foment a British up-rising against the Boers in South Africa. | | | Later Frederick is rumored to have been a member or even leader of the Illuminati. |
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http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/update03.htm
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| | British Empire |
| | The Americans were in any case ready, and indeed anxious, to replace British influence in many areas of the world. | | | This state of affairs, however, was complex and far from stable. | | | The mercantilists advocated in theory, and sought in practice, trade monopolies which would insure that Britain's exports would exceed its imports. |
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http://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/Empire.html
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| | English and British Empire, Possessions c.1497-1800 |
| | Returned to France in 1763 and held by France until the British retook it in 1794 (they held it for a year). | | | Invaded by France in 1666 but restored to England in 1667 by the Treaty of Breda. | | | 229-230) states that this Spanish colony (also known as Santo Domingo, Hispaniola, and, later, Haiti) became a British colony for about three years. |
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http://cbsr26.ucr.edu/britem.html
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| | BBC NEWS Education 'Teach more about British Empire' |
| | Teachers were also urged to raise awareness of the Empire's "controversial legacy". | | | The Empire receives "insufficient time" in schools, Ofsted has warned | | | For some 11 to 14-year-olds the topic could be included in a unit covering British history from 1750 to 1900. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3884087.stm
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| | The British Empire: An Internet Gateway by Dr. Jane Samson |
| | Center for Study of the Life and Work of William Carey, D.D. Carey was a missionary, botanist and linguist in Bengal. | | | "British Imperialism" by Dr. Bret Benjamin, University of Texas | | | "The British Abolition Movement" by Mark Aronowitz, Miami University (Ohio) |
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http://www.ualberta.ca/~janes/EMPIRE.html
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| | The British Empire's second-greatest gift to the world. By Christopher Hitchens |
| | On the eve of independence for the colony of South Yemen, the last British governor hosted a dinner party attended by Denis Healey, then the minister for defense. | | | He stated that such a suggestion was an unpardonable one and added that he was sure he could find another banana merchant and that, whatever the case might be, such a banana supplier would emphatically not be the man who had just made such an outrageous proposition to a British serving officer. | | | But to judge by their gestures, some of the younger Iraqis are a bit coarser. |
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http://www.slate.com/id/2103467
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| | British Empire |
| | Dominions, Colonies, Protectorates, Protected and Associated States, Mandated and Trust Territories | | | List of Former British Dominions, Colonies, Protectorates, Protected and Associated States, Mandated and Trust Territories | | | Gold Coast and Gambia were granted arms in 1957 and 1964 respectively, in preparation for independence, and Sierra Leone's arms were replaced by a new design in 1960 just before independence. |
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http://flagspot.net/flags/gb-colon.html
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| | "Empire" by Niall Ferguson Salon.com |
| | The good empire he's talking about is the United States. | | | The book was judged harshly by critics, but it became a bestseller. | | | This was the red of the British Empire, and it was considered a glorious color. |
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http://dir.salon.com/story/books/feature/2003/04/17/ferguson/index_np.html
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| | The National Archives Learning Curve British Empire Rise of the British Empire India Background |
| | The decisive battle between the British and the French was at Wandiwash in 1760. | | | However, British leaders were very effective in choosing which princes they allied with, and which ones they fought. | | | This was a complicated war as the French and British fought with each other, but they also allied with local Indian princes who fought each other as well. |
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http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs3/background.htm
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| | BBC - History - Empire |
| | British India Before and After the Great Rebellion of 1857 by Professor Peter Marshall | | | Profile of the loose association of former British colonies, dependencies and other territories. | | | Chart the achievements and landmarks of British history. |
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| | The Monarchy Today > The Queen's role > Sovereign as Fountain of Honour > Order of the British Empire |
| | For the first time, women were included in an order of chivalry, and it was decided that the Order should also include foreigners who had helped the British war effort. | | | The Order of the British Empire is the order of chivalry of British democracy. | | | Many people who have been awarded an honour from overseas attend these services, and each person attending wears their award. |
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http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page498.asp
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| | Victorian History -- The British Empire, an Overview |
| | Science and Empire in Victorian Ireland: The Evidence of British Association Meetings in Ireland | | | Why did the British Empire expand so rapidly between 1870 and 1900? | | | Mills's Landforces of Britain, the Empire, and Commonwealth (U. of Denver) |
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http://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/empireov.html
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| | British Empire: Armed Forces |
| | The tentacles of the military spread throughout the empire and beyond, the armed forces were not only the conquerors and defenders of the empire but also provided the garrisons that policed the vast expanses of territory and enabled communication over the vast distances involved. | | | It is interesting to note that some of the fiercest resistors to the British went on to become the staunchest allies and defenders of her empire; Highlanders, Sikhs and Gurkhas are perhaps the best examples of this phenomena. | | | This section provides information on the soldiers, sailors and airman who gained, maintained and then lost an empire. |
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http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/forces.htm
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| | It is a family party, to which every member of the Empire is invited, and at which every part of the Empire is represented. | | | The sun had not set on the British Empire in 1924. | | | Coupled with disastrous decisions by the government, such as letting the crushing post-War unemployment sort itself out rather than intervene, Britain's ability to govern the Empire was diminished. |
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http://members.lycos.co.uk/bee1924/index2.html
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| | British Empire - Year 9 - SchoolHistory.co.uk |
| | It explains why the sun never set on the British Empire, and then provides a brief summary of the Empire up to the present day. | | | Pupils can find out information about different countries that were once members. | | | A clear and well designed site with a wide range of detail relating to the British Empire. |
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http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year9links/empire9.html
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| | The British Empire |
| | These pages will give an outline, with dates of acquisition and independence, of the countries and territories that formed... | | | It was true that the sun never set on the British Empire. | | | Undoubtedly the largest empire the world has ever seen. |
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http://freespace.virgin.net/andrew.randall1/britempire.htm
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