British Empire

In 1776 the United States announced the Declaration of Independence to break away from the British Empire and became an independent country.

But let me remind the cynics among you that it was this sort of public school training that made the British empire what it is today.

The british empire, at long last, appears to have found a powerful heir. pax americana -peace imposed by US domination.

I do think the Americans at the time were a bit too cocky and did not understand how powerful the British empire was.

Although the British Empire, but over its former glory remains that it has a sense of superiority.

It may conceivably knock the British empire to bits and leave England as primitive as she was when Julius Caesar landed in Kent.

The sun never sets on the British Empire because God wouldn't trust an Englishman in the dark.

she had the efficient air, AS though she carried the British Empire in her pocket.

With Germany an irreconcilable mortal enemy, it was also too late to save the British Empire from dependence on its American friends.

revealed she had turned down the offer of becoming a Dame of the British Empire because there is no British Empire.

Yet the British Empire in India continued to consolidate and survive another hundred years, despite the decrease in tolerance.

It prospered as the hub of a commercial and trading nation when the sun never set on the British Empire.

The public spokesman for the British Empire was also the head of a close knit family.

The route from England to India via the Suez Canal is often called the life line of the British Empire.

That would be like saying the British Empire owned all the land it controlled in the early 1700's because of evidence it was there.

The country was to be called the Dominion of Canada, but would still remain loyal to Britain as a member of the British Empire.

Besides this the Mediterranean was the main artery in the communications of the British Empire.

In fact, the British Empire and its colonies did not use the updated calendar system until 1752.

The British Empire took control of the government of India and forever changed the face of that country.

For Ferguson, the end of the British Empire is a noble one, as the British exhausted themselves fighting the Axis powers in World War II.

Despite the decline of the British Empire, the route remained strategically significant as a passage for oil transport.

More than two hundred years ago the United States broke away from the British Empire and became an independent country.

In the development of the country's peak, the Earth's surface is the size of a quarter of the British Empire to its dependent territories.

In short, the decision to secede from the British Empire was accompanied by a truly revolutionary agenda for the infant American republic.

Traces of its status as a thriving outpost of the British Empire are everywhere.

Successive post-war governments have presided over the gradual dissolution of the British Empire.

The French-speaking province has long had a pacifist streak, born of past reluctance to fight for the British empire.

Lloyd George, of course, to support the appointment of the rule that the appointment of the British Empire is a model rule.

Legend saidthat six ravens must be kept at the Tower of London; if not, the British Empire would fall.

During the British empire, it was a garrison and still has a large army cantonment.

Let -- Let no man underrate the abiding power of the British Empire and -- and Commonwealth.

The sea lanes were, for hundreds of years leading into the 20th century, ruled by warships belonging to the British Empire.

Along with the belts and trophies he won in the ring, he boasted a knighthood and an Order of the British Empire medal.

The collapse of the British Empire, which Winston Churchill had vowed to defend at all costs, opened the way to worldwide decolonization.

NARRATOR: India, the jewel in the crown of the British Empire, the very symbol of imperialism, celebrated its freedom.

Watt invented the steam engine and improved it, after that the British Empire began a thorough industrial revolution.

more recently, with the growth and decline of the british empire and the rapid development of communications, they have been worldwide.

Chinese analysts say China is already a maritime power and needs an appropriate force like the US and British Empire had.

The reason for this was America's rise and the lasting bonds created by the British empire.

The sun that shone on the British empire had passed midday.

realm The United States was once a part of the British Empire.

These were not mere financial penalties: Taken together, they meant the end of the British Empire.

Rhodes believed that the Anglo-Saxons were the finest of all races, and the British empire was God's instrument to maximise their influence.

The United States was once a part of the British Empire.

The British empire is a past we need to see, not hide.

The Caribbean nation is a member of the Commonwealth, the association of countries that used to be part of the British empire.

One has to wonder whether like the great British Empire, the world's oldest underground railway has any skeletons.

There was a certain sultan named Tippoo who was giving a lot of trouble to the British empire.

We now look like the British Empire near its end.

He notes the similarities with the rise of Germany a century ago and the inevitable threat it posed to the British empire.

At one time, Rolls-Royce is synonymous with the power of the British Empire, distinguished and prosperous.

With the growth of trade and the British Empire, the English language had been widely used outside England.

At the same time this loan opens the door for American capital to penetrate the British Empire.

The British Empire once covered large parts of the world.

American economic and cultural clout ensured English's dominance after the British empire had faded.

The sun never sets in the British Empire.

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1955, and was knighted in 1959.

Newfoundland effectively became independent in 1855 as the first dominion of the British empire after the loss of the American colonies .

On 1 January 1901, the six colonies federated and the Commonwealth of Australia was formed, as a Dominion of the British Empire.

He was astounded but highly pleased that the man who presided over the destinies of the mighty British Empire should come pleading to him .

A topic of choice is the Opium Wars, those 19th-century skirmishes on the far-eastern fringe of the British empire.

THE 19th century was dominated by the British Empire, the 20th century by the United States.

IN MODERN Britain, it is bad form to speak too highly of the British empire.

Russians are quite right in believing that they, not the US and British Empire, defeated Hitler's Germany.

The British Empire is going to pot.

The imperial reach of the British Empire diminished during the Second World War, and even more when India became independent in 1947.

The British Empire gradually disappeared and it was replaced by the British Commonwealth or the Commonwealth of Nations in 1931.

At the height of the British Empire, one-fourth of the world's people and lands were living under the Union Jack .

The region was annexed by the British Empire and stayed part of British India until 1947.

It is also formerly part of the British Empire and shares a language and government.

This change shows the weakening of British Empire and the rising of the national liberation movements throughout the world today.

A female personification of Great Britain or the British Empire.

The British Empire once took in a quarter of the world.

The British empire became the global superpower of the 19th century. And the world speaks English, not French.

The Elizabeth II awards her the British empire commander's title.

After the Second World War, Britain evacuated from Palestine, which is the epitome of the British Empire from wax to wane.

"The son of the British empire wants tea, " he says.

Actually, the Apaches have never lived in an area of the British Empire.

Why not use Gandhi's way? He didn't have guns, and he beat the British Empire.

For Ms Morris, the terminus remains "the truly central building of the entire British empire" .

The entire island became part of the British Empire in 1815.

This nonsense claim to ownership obviously didn't last long, and the British Empire formally annexed Tristan in 1816.

Which 13 states in American (US) before was the colonial of British Empire (UK)?

A person's birth in a country which was formerly part of the British Empire counts as equal to British citizenship.

The Queen named Taylor a Dame of the British Empire in 1999.

India was once a colony in the British Empire.

It's the first time India has hosted the international sporting event between countries of the former British Empire.

At that time, many colonists hoped to resolve their differences with Britain so the colonies could remain a part of the British Empire.

At that time, the French colonial empire was the second largest in the world after the British empire.

British empire and soviet union handled germany. massive losses, fought on there own soil, lossing millions of civilans.

In 1814, Malta became a part of the British Empire.

That is the death knell of the British Empire.

Because it is one of the ancestors, on the British Empire had "does not set" brilliant;

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