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The British Empire
by Laura Wollgast and Linda Mattern
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Structure
• The Rise of the British Empire – First Empire (1583-1783)– Second Empire (1783-1815)– Imperial Century (1815-1914)– World Wars (1914-1945)
• The Fall of the British Empire– Decolonisation and Decline (1945-
1997)
• Sources
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Heads of the State
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The First Empire (1583-1783)
Intention: engage in piracy establish a colony in North America
founded colony of Roanoke
FAILED
NewfoundlaNewfoundlandnd
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Mayflower
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The Thirteen Colonies
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East India Company
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Head of the State
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The Second Empire (1783-1815)
Slave
Trade Act1807
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Heads of the State
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Imperial Century (1815-1914)
FrenchBritishGerman
“The Great Game“
British Lion
Russian Bear
Scramble for Africa
1881-1914
“Rhodes Colossus”
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Head of the State
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First World War (1914-1918)
• Germany = most likely opponent in any furure war• Treaty of Versailles empire reached its greatest extent
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Heads of the State
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Second World War (1938-1945)
• respect ,authority and its wealth reduced
• financially exhausted and heavily in debt to the US
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Heads of the State
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Decolonisation and Decline (1945-1997)
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Sources• Griffin, C. 2012. 24th Regiment of Foot [online], britishempire.co.uk. [Accessed 22/09/2013]• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire [Accessed 22/09/2013]
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_%281801%29.svg• http://explorers5thgrade.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/5/9/10599930/2509302_orig.jpg• http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/willow/east-india-company0.gif• http://antiwar.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/waterloomain-The-Battle-of-Waterloo-Mary-Evans-
Picture-Library.jpg• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Napoleon4.jpg• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:As_Between_Friends_%28Punch_magazine,_13_December_1911,_detail
%29.jpg• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Punch_Rhodes_Colossus.png• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:British_Decolonisation_in_Africa.png• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Newfoundland_map.png/513px-
Newfoundland_map.png• http://home-school-coach.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mayflower-sailing-pictures.jpg• http://mapsof.net/uploads/static-maps/uk_and_ireland.png• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/
Imperial_Federation,_Map_of_the_World_Showing_the_Extent_of_the_British_Empire_in_1886_%28levelled%29.jpg/1280px-Imperial_Federation,_Map_of_the_World_Showing_the_Extent_of_the_British_Empire_in_1886_%28levelled%29.jpg
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Princess_Sophia_%28steamship%29_ca_1912%29.jpg
• http://www.heritage-history.com/maps/philips/phil065a.jpg• http://www.thepresidency.org/storage/Jan_6_first-telegraph.jpg