The British Empire - The British Empire

British Empire
1815-1914
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Welcome to this website on the British Empire 1815-1914
Britain’s Imperial Century
 
In 1901, the year in which Queen Victoria died, the British Empire was spread out over a quarter of the World’s surface and contained a fifth of its people. It had a huge impact not just on Britain but more importantly on those territories that were part of the British Empire. It was an empire that was three hundred years in the making and was made by different competing private interests that had different versions of empire. It was an empire without a dominant ideology, with weak central control, and often made with the consent of local elites. The world we inhabit has been shaped by Empire and if we are to fully understand our world and its people, understanding the British Empire is crucial to this understanding. It is my hope that this website can go some way to achieving this.
Introduction
Key Questions
Turning Points
Conflict
Empire Makers
Reference

'The Remnants of an Army' by Elizabeth Thompson

'Evicted' by Elizabeth Thompson

'The Emigrant's Last Sight of Home' by Richard Redgrave

A Zulu Regiment

'The Campbells are Coming' by Frederick Goodall

'The Battle of Isandhlwana' by Charles Edward Fripp

'The Secret of England's Greatness' by Thomas Jones Barker


Topics
The Anglo-Boer War
Migration
The Slave Trade

Asia
Regions
The Americas
Africa
Australasia

Introductory Pages
Why Study the British Empire?
Britain's Imperial Century
What was the Empire?
An Outline History

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