UK Timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 11 Oct 2021
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Created bySam Goldsmith
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Tudor PeriodDuring this period, the British Empire expanded globally, developing trading posts in different countries.Mercantile PhaseOliver Cromwell decides that agressive expansion is best for the empire.Slave Movement
The UK uses slavery as a major source of income for the empire1865-Slavery outlawed, the British send out missionary parties to 'liberate' slavery, this lead to vast cultural diffusion.East India Company bought by the British empire, moving assets into the government.Technological Rivalry
Other countries, such as Germany, Japan and the US, begins to develop technology that rivals the UK, no longer
being a technological giant.WWII
The Empire is left economically and physically exhausted after WWII. After handing many military bases to the US, Britain is no longer the military superpower.
Begins to suck up to the US.
Perceived to have no real superpower 'status' anymore.Periods
The British Empire controls strategic locations such as the Falklands and the Suez Canal.WWI- Severely leaves the UK economically unstable.
Leaves the empire in debt, leads to tensions rising
and the slow breakdown of the empire.
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