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1583
Humphrey Gilbert, claimed the island: newfoundland in the name of elizabeth the first. it was the first colonization of england outside of europe. -
1628
the british empire has claimed st. Kitts, Narbados and Nevis. the colonies were primarly used as sugar plantations and they were driven by slavery. -
1651
England created a monopol which only allowed english ships to trade with english colonies. that started a chain reaction of wars against the Dutch empire which later enhanced Englands position in America. -
1672
The royal African-Company was founded and it got a monopoly on African-slavetrading by the british government. until slavery was abandond in 1807, England managed to transport 3 and a half milion African slaves to America. -
1700
throughout the 17th century England established a whole range of colonies in America. -
1729
Britian had a very profitable Opium trade from India to China but in 1729 the Qing Dynasty prohibited the Opium trade and afterwards britian traded illegally from India to China. -
1757
After series of wars against the French the british finally defeated them in the battle of plassey and they became the biggest military and political power in India. in the following decades britian expanded its territory in India by direct control through local Maronites -
1858
The confiscation of 20 thousand boxes of Opium by the Chinese led to the first Opium war between the british empire and China. -
1900
The 19th century is often reffered to as great britians empirial century after the defeat of Nepoleon britian had little to no competition in the colonization of the world. About 25milion square-km and around 400 milion inhabitants were added to the british empire. Britian controlled the seas of the world. therefore respossible for controlling the Global Trade-Economy. -
1919
After the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 the british empire reached its greatest reach by adding 4.5milion square-km and 13milion inhabitents. -
1920
Bloody Sunday in Ireland -
1981
After the Second WW brtian was nearly bankrupt and had lost a lot of power. Anti-colonization organization sprung up all over the world and the pressure for britian to release the colonies become too great and handle. in 1981 britian had abandoned the last of the colonies.
