Kenya got independence from the British empire through armed struggle. The guerrilla group called MAUMAU was a rebellion meant to frustrate the British authorities.
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A lot of people wonder why Obama doesn't go back to Kenya. In a speech, Michelle Obama said Kenya is Barack Obama's home country.
No and Yes. Kenya was a British colony. Small parts of Kenya such as the port city of Mombassa and its environs were historically part of the Portuguese Empire, but by the 1800s, Portugal was not able to prevent the British from colonizing all of Kenya.
The British started the imperialism back in the 1880's.It started when the British had 25% of the empire.
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Present day Namibia, Cameroon and Tanzania are all part of the Commonwealth of Nations, formerly, the British Commonwealth and were once territories of the British Empire. The Commonwealth dates back to the decolonization of the British Empire in the middle of the twentieth century.
the british empire was built over a long course of time,when the british wealthy enough they sent out men like James cook to concor lands like Australia and America,so in summary many explorers, rich back grounds and violence enabled the british to get a large empire.
The British were imperialist and invaders in India, so the people whose country was India wanted their country back.
Germany didn't exist as a country back then. It was part of the Holy Roman Empire. Germans did fight in the war, however, some on the side of the British and some on the side of the colonists.
OBE is officer of the Order of the British Empire. I did not know what DL was but my second cousin is OBE DL so I asked him. Here is what he said: "It stands for Deputy Lieutenant and each county has a Lord Lieutenant who has a raft of Deputys. The Lieutenancy goes back down the centuries as part of the way the country was run before democracy and carries on to this day as a continuation of some aspects of civic tradition which elected politicians would never want to do!"
Yes,. but gave it back.
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