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British Empire Started Rule Elizabeth I Settlement Jamestown

Vorderseite First British Empire
Rückseite started about 1600 during the rule of Elizabeth I
1607 First British Settlement in Jamestown
Went to India, Australia, Canada, America
Mainly economic reasons for colonising
1653-58 Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth of England
1707 United Kingdom of Great Britain
1776 American War of Independence = End of the Empire
-> "No taxation without representation"

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