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the century that followed was…
The Late British Empire
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americans left, george the 3rd looked for a new place for a penal colony and it was australia and new zealand, because they had been known by europeans for centuries because of the dutch explorers.
james cook claimed them both to britain.
new south wales was the new penal colony, and the first convicts arrived in
1788, and in the next year the french revolution happened. with that the napoleonic wars happened and the british won them in 1815. they won new territories like malta and south africa.
the century that followed was known as the pax britannia (1815-1914) where britain was the world’s sole superpower
the conquered many territories, and this was mainly with the help of the east india company founded in 1600 by queen Elizabeth I
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This is the first of three occasions on which the British attempt to impose their political will on Afghanistan. All three attempts prove disastrous.
the imperial chinese government seized opium and destroyed which led to arm conflict, britain won and kept selling opium in hong kong.
the grat game was the dispute between russia and britain. and spread beyond asia and into europe. russia kind of allied with the balkans, and britain was also worried for the dominance there. in order to curb russia; britain, france and the ottoman empire began the crimean war.
britain turned their eyes to afghanistan, the surface reson was for trade but the major reason was russia,britain was afraid that russia would seize either afghanistan or persia and then they could invade india. they also feared an alliance with russia-afghanistan. it didn’t turned out well, many afgh killed many british and indian soldiers.
He is William Pitt, second son of Pitt the Elder. He comes to power in a Britain beginning to be transformed by the Industrial Revolution.
The renewal of war between Britain and France in 1793 is a continuation of a century-long conflict between them.
By far the most profitable French possession in the region is the western half of Hispaniola, under French control from 1664 and known as Saint Domingue.
On 1 January 1804 Jean Jacques Dessalines proclaims the independence of Saint Domingue under its old Arawak Indian name of Haiti.
Haiti achieves some degree of stability under Jean Pierre Boyer, who wins power after the death of Henri Christophe in 1820. Two years later Boyer invades and overwhelms the eastern half of the island, Santo Domingo, where the inhabitants have in 1821 risen in rebellion against Spain.
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