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Empire and Commonwealth
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Empire and Commonwealth
British Empire
- 16th to 20th century
- largest empire in history
- 23% of world population in 1913
- 24% of the Earth's total land area
- "the empire on which the sun never sets"
- global power
- great influence
- dominions, colonies, pretactorates, mandates and other territories
- administered by Great Britain
- "Pax Britannica" (British Peace)
British East India Company
- India most important colonie
- mineral resources
- agricultural products
- tea, silk , cotton
- trade monopoly
- military power
- defeated Indian powers+ French East India Company
- twice the size of the British army
- control over Indian subcontinent
Rise and Fall
- oversea possesion + trading posts
- naval power
- succesful wars against Spain + Portugal+ France
- Napoleonic wars
- weakened after WW1 & WW2
- decolonisation
- independency of many former colonies
- transfer Hong Kong to China
- 14 overseas territories remained British
Commonwealth
- association of 54 souvereign nations from all over the world
- former colonies of Great Britain
- free and equal
- founded in 1931
- monarch of England = ceremonial head of the Commonwealth
- 2.328 billion people (1/3 world population
- no multilateral trade agreement
- English most spoken language in the world
Commonwealth Family
- associations, organisations, charities
- Commonwealth Foundation
- agency for civil society
- Commonwealth Games
- multi sport event
- Commonwealth of learning
- improvement of education
Sources
- Greenline Oberstufe
- www.wikipedia,org/wiki/British_Empire
- https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations
- https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4122198/Fascinating-video-shows-British-Empire-look-like-today-reunited.html
- https://www.britannica.com/place/British-Empire
- https://www.google.de/search?q=british+empire&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwic_fWV0ubVAhVCtRoKHeJUAdoQ_AUICigB&biw=1829&bih=886#imgrc=opngzrjgS-OwVM:
- https://www.lernhelfer.de/schuelerlexikon/englisch-abitur/artikel/das-british-empire
20/08/2017