Colonies of the British Empire
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Colonies of the British Empire. The British Empire it begins to form at the beginning of the SXVIII with the conquest of what would be known later, the 13 colonies of North America. Rather, when these 13 colonies decide to unite and put themselves under the umbrella of the metropolis of England, London. This would be the touchstone of the beginning of the British Empire. How do we know these 13 colonies are what would later become the United States. Also, they colonized some Caribbean islands like Barbados and Jamaica. So we have those 13 colonies and the British Empire that, through wars, is expanding its territories. As for example, in the Anglo-Dutch war that they manage to conquer New Amsterdam that would later become New York. Also, after the 7-year war against France, they manage to defeat and conquer everything that would be at the time. "New France", which we know today as Canada. In 1760. This was a bit of the beginning of the British Empire that, during the 19th and 20th centuries, through wars and treaties, managed to expand its territories all over the world through domains, colonies and protectorates as well, until 1949 when the end of the empire and the beginning of the commonwealth.
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