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In England a group of Black Britains called the _________ started a letter writting campaign against the slave trade

Sons of Africa

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England ___________ luxury goods and re-exported them at higher prices to the European countries which didn’t have a direct overseas trade.

imported

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The Armada Portrait symbolized....

Queen Elizabeth's international power

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With the ______________ the need for new markets and new sources of raw materials accelerated the expansion of the Empire.

Industrial Revolution

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In the 18th century, it is estimated that ________ Africans were taken to the Americas as slaves, at least a third of them in British ships.

6 million

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The British Empire lasted from 1497-1987

False

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An Empire is....

a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.

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The rise, and successive growth, of the British Empire was mainly due to.....

economic reasons

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What is the Commonwealth of Nations?

is a voluntary association of 53 independent and equal countries.

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Following the Second World War, Britain was no longer able to financially support or afford an Empire.

True

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What is the Armada Portrait?Explain.

El armada portraits es el painting that portrays the defeat of the spanish armada and aldo represented the power of the british empire

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The British Empire has its origins in the 18th century, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I

False

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British sailors became involved in the trade in the 16th century, and the Treaty of _______ gave them the right to sell slaves in the Spanish Empire.

Utrecht

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The British Empire was the greatest empire the world has ever seen, and for more than a century Britain was the foremost global power, ruling over a quarter of the world’s area and population.

True

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15

Uganda and Mozambique are part of the Commonwealth countries?

False

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What does this phrase means?

“The sun never sets on the British Empire.”

It means that ot is always daytime sumewhere in the empire

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In ______, the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade was formed. William Wilberforce represented them in Parliament.

1787

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The years __________ are referred to as Britain's imperial century

1814 to 1915

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During the first half of the 20th century almost all the colonies turned into dominions.

True

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In 1807, after a huge campaign – the first mass public protest campaign in history – The British Parliament _________the slave trade.

abolished

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