British Empire Research Paper

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British Empire
The British Empire was so strong!!!! The Egyptian Empire left a great impact in the civilization!. Sentences that we hear usually when people talk about the past, but do we really know what an empire is??. An empire is a group of countries ruled by a ruling power, so basically an empire is the controlling of one or more states by another. The leader of an empire is called an emperor, (but an empire doesn’t always have an emperor). some examples of an empires, its emperors is and reasons for their falling are the Roman Empire which was located in Rome, some of its emperor are Augustus who was the first one and Septimius Severus who was the last, however it fell because of the constant wars and heavy military spending, the Austrian …show more content…

For millions of people the world today is the way it is because of the impact of the British empire on their country. The British Empire held Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji, Western Samoa, India, Burma, Papa New Guinea, Malaya, Sarawak, Brunei, Oman, Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, among other countries during its reign, some of its rulers were James I, Oliver Cromwell l So without thinking the British Empire is a very important topic to learn and study about it in schools for several reasons. Firstly, it was the largest empire in the world. By 1913 the British Empire held over 412 million people, 23% of the world population at the time, and by 1920 it covered 35,500,000 km2 (13,700,000 sq mi), 24% of the Earth's total land area, lastly , the period of time which was called the age of discovery where European explored around the world and discovered Portugal and …show more content…

What made Britain (a tiny island with a relatively small population), able to control a very large places of the world is something that deserve searching, studying and discussing. The policies which the British government used in order to gain control over these states were strategic. Firstly trading, trade is an influential factor which the British Empire had efficiently worked on; The British controlled the High Seas and were able to monopolize trade routes between Europe and the Far East. Additionally, as a small island surrounded by water, Britain had a weak chance of being attacked by the sea, by protecting its boarders, Britain was able to maintain a very strong government. Another reason behind the strength of the British Empire was the pride. The British people loss of faith in Britain as an Empire was critical to its ruin, in any case there are many others but these 3(in my opinion are considered as the top 3). Although the British Empire had many positives but still they have some negative that we should study about so we don’t duplicate their mistakes, and learn how they could be

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