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Britain and its colonies (1600~1900)

Between 1600 and 1900, Britain expanded its empire by capturing territories and establishing colonies around the world. Key acquisitions included Havana in 1762, Egypt in 1882, and Cuba from the Spanish in the same year.

Britain and its colonies (1600~1900)

Britain and its colonies (1600~1900)

British seize Hong Kong from China in the year 1841

Minerals

Cyprus becomes a British Colony in the year 1878

Copper, lumber and salt

Settlement of Penal Colony of Botany Bany, known as Sydney in the year 1788

Minerals, coil, natural gas and lead.

Treaty of Paris in the year 1763

India becomes British Possession
Mississippi becomes British Possession
Canada becomes British Possession
Ends Anglo-French War

Settlement of Bermuda in the year 1609

Discovered in 1505 by Spainsh Sea Captain, Juan de Bermudez
Located in the North Atlantic Ocean. Off the east coast of the United States

Thirteen Colonies

Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Founded by Roger Williams
Founded in the year 1636
North Carolina
Founded by Virginians
Founded in the year 1653
New York
Became a Royal Colony in the year 1685
Founded by Duke of York
Virginia
Became a Royal Colony in the year 1624
Founded by London Company
Founded in the year 1607
New Hampshire
Became a Royal Colony in the year 1679
Founded by John Wheelwright
Founded in the year 1623
South Carolina
Became a Royal Colony in the year 1729
Founded by Eight Nobles with a Royal Charter from Charles II
Founded in the year 1663
Maryland
Founded by Lord Baltimore
Founded in the year 1634
Massachusetts Bay
Became a Royal Colony in the year 1691
Founded by the Puritans
Founded in the year 1620
Connecticut
Founded by Thomas Hooker
Founded in the year c.1635
Gerogia
Became a Royal Colony in the year 1752
Founded by James Edward Oglethorpe
Founded in the year 1732
New Jersey
Became a Royal Colony in the year 1702
Founded by Lord Berkeley and SIr George Carteret
Founded in the year 1664
Pennsyvania
Founded by William Penn
Founded in the year 1682
Delaware
Founded by Peter Minuit and New Sweden Company
Founded in the year 1638

British Captured Egypt in the year 1882

Oil and Papyrus Plant gas, and the Nile River itself

Gambia, Gold Coast, and Sierra Leone unite to form British West Africa in the year 1821

Cocoa (export/cash crop) Cassava (food crop) Groundnuts/peanuts (food crop) Maize/corn (food crop)

British capture Trinenad from Spain in the year 1793

Oil and natural gas

Colony of Western Australia Founded in the year 1829

Cotton was the natural resource they were after

British Seize Harvana in the year 1762

harvana was one of the few coutries that did not have a significant resouce....

Settlement of Barbados in the year 1627

Appeared first on Spainish map in the year 1511
Visited by the Spainish around the late 1400s to the early 1500s
Island in the Lesser Antilles

British capture Cuba from Spanish in the year 1762

Cobalt, Iron and nickle was the reason why Britian captured CUba

British seize French Possession French Arcadia, also known as Nova Scotia in the year 1710

Because of its countries location Its main resouces were salt, fish, oil and gas (mainly fish)

Settlement of Jamaica in the year 1655

During the four year from 1820 to 1824, they produced more than 77,000 tons of sugar.
Was settled for sugar and became world's leading sugar exporting and slave-dependent country.
Achieved full independence in the year 1962, August 6th
An Island Nation of the Great Antilles

British seize Cape Colony from the Dutch in the year 1795

water, coal, oil, land, fresh air

British East India seize Ceylon from the Dutch in the year 1815

Spice and silk were its main resource