The British Empire IonutI., Noemí C., Juanma G.

The British Empire.

THE BRITISH EMPIRE

NOEMÍ:

Hello we are Ionut, Juanma and Noemí, and we explain The British Empire and the Commonwealth.
This is the table of content. Ionut it’s going to explain “The British Empire begins”, I’m going to explain the “curiosities”, then Juanma explains “The empire expansion and The commonwealth” and finally I will tell you our conclusion.


IONUT:

The British Empire Begins

The empire began to expand into new territories around XII the century but it was in the XIX the century when it was in its maximum splendour.

After this time it expanded the maritime routes to find new markets around the world.

In this time appears the Royal Navy of great importance to the maritime power of England.

It was after that when started the colonization of most territories of the world and it started with Newfoundland (America) and it continuous with Terranova and Virginia. In 1607 England consolidated Jamestown in America and in 1704 achieved Gibraltar from Spain. Over time they consolidate the thirteen American colonies as well as the formation of he colony of Canada.

The conquest continued on Africa, Asia and Oceania.

With the Queen Victoria’s reign, India was conquered. India was a strategically point to the maritime routes and the importation of new products (like tea and spices).

Economy: the Empire used the liberal capitalist system, defended the free movement of capital and opposed to protectionism.

Politics: the British empire was a constitutional monarchy where the king shared power with parliament. The parliament consists of the House of Lords (the nobility) and the House of Commons (formed by the other social classes).

Society: it was divided between the nobility and upper classes, the middle classes and the lower class (proletariat and peasantry).

NOEMI:

Curiosities:
-Circulation to the left: In the U.S.A drive on the left as the knights in this time had the shield on the right to defended in the wars.

-The English Language: Because of the British Empire the English is actually, after Chinese, the most important language in the world.

JUANMA:
The Empire expansion:

This map behind me represents the countries that formed part of the British Empire at 1900, before the 1^st World War.

As you can see the countries painted in res are which ones that were conquered by the British.

The expansion of the empire started at 1593 with the colonization of Newfoundland, a new area from the east coast of America.

After this moment, England decided to take over everywhere out.

The British started by the colonization of Canada, the Caribbean and the 13 colonies (which became independent later)

They also conquered a big part of Africa (starting by South-Africa), Asia  (of a big importance for the commerce) and most of the islands of Oceania ( which the largest was Australia) that began an strategic point for the maritime routes.

NOEMÍ:

Conclusion:

To conclude we can say that the British Empire became the most powerful in the world and conquered lots of territories in all the continents. Today we can see the trace of the empire and how some things haven’t changed like the commonwealth or the importance of the English as a lingua franca.