The impetus for the British Empire came from the Act of Union with Scotland and England, and the formation of The Kingdom of Great Britain. However, before this English and Scottish colonists had been settling in the New World (America) since the 1500's.
The New World offered many valuable resources, such as sugar, tobacco and cotton. The British Empire was built on it's navy; by controlling the oceans they controlled the trade, and thus vast wealth. This financial dominance lead to continued naval dominance, and concurrently the mass expansion of the empire during the 19th Century.
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They weren't, the British empire attacked India and the British won.
1) The British Empire was the biggest empire in history. 2) The Moors did not have an empire.
The British Empire, it was the largest that has ever existed.
The British Empire was way larger and was way closer to today than the Roman Empire.
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It start somewhere around 1800 but I'm not sure
to get more food and cut taxes down more
It was known as the British Empire. When the empire started to fall apart, the British Commonwealth/Commonwealth of Nations was created.
The British Empire does not exist anymore.
north America The British Empire controlled an entire continent in Australia. The British Empire was the largest empire in history.
Why did The British Empire lose their land?
They weren't, the British empire attacked India and the British won.
1) The British Empire was the biggest empire in history. 2) The Moors did not have an empire.
The British Empire
The British Empire, it was the largest that has ever existed.