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OF THE
BRITISH
EMPIRE
A26-letterrundown
on an empire that
ruled the waves and
upon which the sun
never set
WrittenbyJackGriffiths
he British Empire began to assert itself ThestrengthoftheRoyalNavyallowedBritain TheempirehelpedspreadBritishcultureacross
upontheworldinthelateTudorperiod to expand significantly, and by the 18th century, theglobe.TheEnglishlanguageaswellasfeatures
during the reign of Elizabeth I. A queen colonieshadbeensetupallovertheworld.The of its religion, economy, society and politics were
who openly encouraged exploration and abundanceoflandputBritaintopofthepilein incorporated into other cultures. At the end of
T trade, Britons began to make trips to lands theworldoftrade,andthismonopolyhelped WorldWarII,itbecameclearthattheempire
farbeyondtheirownnation’sborders.After expand the economy while the military became had outstayed its welcome in many colonies, and
the spectacular defeat of the Spanish Armada, oneofthestrongestonEarth.Theempirewould began to decline. The British Empire may have
Britanniaruledthewavesandwasreadytostart expandandcontractovertime,butsuccessfully crumbled,butthememoryofitssuccessesand
itsempirebuilding. maintained its supremacy for centuries. failures will last for centuries to come.
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