THE BRITISH EMPIRE

( OVERVIEW )

LOUIS FRITZ, MEVLÜT CIGCI

 WHAT IS THE BRITISH EMPIRE?

• Places which were ruled by Britain

• 458 million people were ruled by British Empire
• A quarter of Earth´s land surface were under British control

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 OUTLINE ( FIRST BRITISH
EMPIRE )

• What is The British Empire?

• Origin and Rise of the First British Empire
• 1 General facts
• 2. North America
• 2.1 Triangular Trade
• 3. India
• 3.1 East India Company

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 OUTLINE ( SECOND BRITISH EMPIRE )

• The Second British Empire

• The British Empire and
Indigenous Peoples
• The End of British Empire

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 ORIGIN AND RISE OF THE FIRST
BRITISH EMPIRE

1. General facts

2.North America
2.1 Triangular trade

3.India
3.1 East India Company

4.The End of the First British Empire

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 1. GENERAL FACTS

• Queen Elizabeth I.
• lasted from 17th to 18th century
• beginning of imperialism
• improve economy
• gain power
• spread Christianity and british lifestyle

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 2.NORTH AMERICA

• First settlement in early 1600s

• 13 colonies
• Sperated in three parts
• Administration overseen by the
board of trade

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 2.1 TRIANGULAR
TRADE

• wanted to gain money

• people in Africa suffer
• greedy rulers
• Africa  Slaves to America
• America  Sugar to British colonies in
North America
• British colonies  rum to Africa

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 3. INDIA

• controlled by EIC
• bad working conditions
• much profit
• no escape for inhabitants

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 3.1 EAST INDIA
COMPANY

• powerful company
• chances for England
• own army
• securing the areas
• greedy emperor

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 T HE E N D O F T H E
FI R S T B R I T I S H
EMPIRE

• late 1700s
• people felt „American“
• fought for independence
• American War of
Independence 1775-1783
• end of the first British
Empire

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 THE SECOND
BRITISH
EMPIRE

• Started after American War of

Independence
• Victorian Age
• East Indian Company; "jewel in
the crown"
• “ Scramble for Africa“
• Imperialism

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 THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

• Unjust treatment
• Famine in India
• Valuable materials like gold and salt were sent back to Britain

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 THE END OF
BRITISH
EMPIRE

• Colonies pursued independence

• Dominions ( for white people )
• Commonwealth 1926
• African countries had to fight
even harder for Independence
• 1947: India becomes
independent

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 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EFFECTS OF
THE BRITISH EMPIRE

• 1.Globalisation

• 2.Conflicts

• 3.Immigrants

• 4.Conclusion

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 1.
GLOBALISATION

• contribute to Globalisation

• many possibilities

• difference then and now

• problem still not solved

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 2. CONFLICTS

• Israel  Palestine
• political and military
support for Arabs
• Immigration of many Jews
to Palestine
• fights until today
• many people left their life

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 3.
IMMIGRANTS

• many immigrants in Great

Britain
• people do not accept variaty
of culture
• People do not know why
immigrants immigrated
• People should be
enlightened
• status of immigrants would
be different

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 4. CONCLUSION

• Many immigrants  diversity of Great Britain

• not everyone accepts diversity
• still positive effects
• crimes in past and bad effects overweight

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 QUESTION FOR DISCUSSION

How would you rate the consequences of

the British Empire?

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 SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangular_trade
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z7kvf82/articles/zpjv3j6
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire
 
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Timeline-Of-The-British-Empire/
 
https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/global-social-challenges/2021/05/04/the-impact-of-the-past-how
-british-colonialism-affects-the-modern-world/

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 IMAGE SOURCES

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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