brit civi- B) colonisation

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America

17c : Caribbean, Virginia, New England (Plymouth, 1620)

→ raw materials ← manufactured products

abolition slave 1807

1775-83: War of Independence

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Canada

1756-63: French and Indian war

1867: Canada = dominion

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India

1600: East India Company (trading: spices, silk, cotton, tea, opium)

1857: Indian Mutiny

58: under direct control of the british crown

Queen Victoria : Empress of India

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china

1839-42: Opium War

→ control Hong-kong + trade Canton and Shanghai

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Australia and New Zealand

1770: James Cook claimed eastern coast of Australia

1829: Au become official colony

late 18th: NZ colonisation

19th c: intensification, Maori Wars

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Africa

1815-1914 : imperial Century

19th c: buy Cape Town

1880-1910 : the Scramble for Africa

protecting route

Boer Wars : Union of south Africa

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old / new commonwealth

white / non white

new: crown, economic, little autonomy

1949 : voluntary

56 member

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decolonisation

30s: old commonwealth

47: India

60s: African

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Empire

¼ world pop

under brit rule 700milli → 5miilio