This was literally true by the early 20th century when British colonies spanned the globe. After World War II, a victorious ...

It spread from the Americas to include colonies in Africa, Asia and Australasia. During this time Britain lost and gained colonies. During the early years of the British Empire, 13 colonies in ...

By the 18th century, 45,000 Africans are transported annually on British ships. 1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming to North America arrive in Charleston. Many stay in South Carolina to work ...

Around 1750, the British mainland American colonies had a population of approximately 1.5 million. In addition to settlers from Great Britain, a steady stream of German immigrants began to arrive ...

The territory had become a British colony in 1858. United Province of Canada The colonies each had a separate government with locally elected representatives, although all were still subject to ...

There are new hopes to save the UK's fastest declining mammal species from extinction New colonies of the UK's fastest declining mammal species have been discovered in the uplands of south Wales.

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