In the 18th century, Britain had a well-established empire of colonies in the Americas. By 1740, the British government had allowed thirteeen colonies to develop in British America. The British ...

An empire is a single state that contains a variety of peoples, one of which is dominant. As a form of political organization ...

The Vikings, Normans and French war and invasions Britain forms an empire, 16th to 18th Century British Empire's expansion in Africa, 1700s-1920s Losing empire, Commonwealth and joining EU, 1900s ...

The British Empire was the biggest colonial power in history. The empire began colonizing territories in the 16th century and used its military power to spread its influence. At its peak ...

Understanding the British Empire (CUP, 2010); Ronald Hyam, Britain's Imperial Century, 1815 to 1914 (CUP latest edn); John Newsinger, The blood never dried: A people’s history of the British Empire ...

Some of the royal artefacts were stolen by British colonisers during the 19th Century Anglo-Ashanti war. Butter sculptures of British royalty and a working coalmine were on display but what was it ...