Here the British found themselves dealing with an Arab empire based in Zanzibar that connected East Africa to Indian Ocean trading patterns that saw it …

The British empire in Africa was vast. It included lands in North Africa, such as Egypt, much of West Africa, and huge territories in Southern and East Africa. Living under British rule in Africa...

Jun 12, 2017 · The British Empire began to expand into Africa in 1880 and by 1913 the empire had control over 458 million people and 25% of the world’s land. However by 1981 the British Empire had come to an end after it could no longer afford the maintenance of such a big Empire.

Mar 29, 2019 · From 1880-1900 Britain gained control over or occupied what are now known as Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Gambia, Sierra Leone, northwestern Somalia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana ...

British Empire, technology and expansion into Africa, 1700s to 1920s Expansion and empire. The Seven Years’ War. may have indirectly led to the loss of Britain’s American colonies but it also ...

Britain had many colonies in Africa: in British West Africa there was Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Southern Cameroon, and Sierra Leone; in British East Africa there was Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar); and in British South Africa there was South Africa, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Nyasaland (Malawi), Lesotho, …

The British Empire was composed of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by England between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. At its height it was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, …

British West Africa was the collective name for British colonies in West Africa during the colonial period, either in the general geographical sense or the formal colonial administrative entity. The United Kingdom held varying parts of these territories or the whole throughout the 19th century. From west to east, the colonies became the independent countries of The Gambia, Sierra …

Nov 22, 2021 · One of the first nails in the coffin of the British Empire was when the British Parliament passed the Statute of Westminster in 1931, which declared that those of its colonies that were designated as “Dominions”, such as Canada, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand, were equal in status to the United Kingdom. In other words, the British Empire no longer had …

What is now Kenya had the honor of being under the control of the British Empire beginning with the arrival of the Imperial East Africa Company in 1888. The British built a railroad through the country, which became known as British East Africa, using imported labor from India, and built large agricultural estates taking advantage of the fertility of the soil and the tropical climate. In …