The British Empire and Colonialism

By Radu Andrei
Rise to Power

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01 BY THE 18TH AND 19TH
THE BRITISH EMPIRE
THE BRITISH EMPIRE BEGAN KEY EVENTS INCLUDED BY THE 18TH AND 19TH
ITSBEGAN
EXPANSION IN THE LATE CENTURIES, BRITAIN HAD
ITS EXPANSION THE DEFEAT OF THE CENTURIES, BRITAIN
16TH CENTURY.
IN THE LATE 16TH SPANISH ARMADA IN ESTABLISHED A VASTA
HAD ESTABLISHED
CENTURY. 1588 AND THE COLONIAL NETWORK
VAST COLONIAL
FOUNDING OF THE ACROSS
NETWORKASIA, AFRICA,
ACROSS
EAST INDIA COMPANY THE AMERICAS,
ASIA, AFRICA, AND
THE THE
IN 1600. AMERICAS, AND THE
PACIFIC.
PACIFIC.
Definition and Implications of Colonialism
to Power

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01 This led to subjugation,
Colonialism is the
THE BRITISH EMPIREpractice of EDWARD SAID BY THE 18TH AND 19TH
acquiring
BEGANcontrol over another
ITS EXPANSION DESCRIBED resource extraction,
CENTURIES, and
BRITAIN
IN THE
country, LATE 16TH
occupying it with settlers, COLONIALISM AS THE cultural erasure.
HAD ESTABLISHED A
andCENTURY.
exploiting it economically. DOMINATION AND VAST COLONIAL
RESTRUCTURING OF NETWORK ACROSS ASIA,
NATIVE SOCIETIES TO AFRICA, THE AMERICAS,
SERVE THE COLONIZERS' AND THE PACIFIC.
INTERESTS.