a Andrea Leggieri 13 éve
970
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.
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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