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why did british colonies become rich?
By 1775, their wealth had declined to 28% from 37% in 1690 ... Growing grains is the main source of income for the Middle Colonies. The British Empire was powerful without a doubt. In order to ...
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The British Empire: An overview
The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history. British government and ...
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The sun still hasn't set on the British Empire: Only a fifth of voters say UK's colonial past is a source of shame - and one-in-five want it back
Only a fifth of voters believe the British Empire is something modern Britain should be ashamed of, a new poll suggests. A third of adults (33 per cent) believe that the UK's colonial period in ...
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66 Countries That Were Once British Colonies
The British Empire eventually took in about 25% of all the land on earth. It acquired its colonies through a mixture of ...
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The Story Behind 'The Turtle': America's First Submarine
The empire and its colonies stretched from India, the Caribbean, and North America. The British occupation was ... Bushnell's submarine began sometime in 1775. It was constructed of six-inch ...
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Soil Conservation in the British Colonial Empire
"Soil Erosion and Soil Conservation in the Colonial Empire", by H. A. Tempany, G. M. Roddan and L. Lord (Emp. J. Exp, Agric, 12, 121; 1944), brings the story of soil conservation in the British ...