A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

What is the only Super Power today?

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Military Political Economic

Three types of Power to be a superpower

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Defeat of the Spanish Armada

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Industrial Revolution and more

James Watt- Steam Engine

First nation to have massive factories

EMPIRE was based on Sea power

and trade

The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire

Longest reigning English Monarch

England ruled the oceans and controlled the continents

The Victorian Age

VICTORIAN HOMES

England’s Legacy

The Language System of Law Culture

The Empire reached its greatest size under Queen

Victoria-

“Victoria” sung by the Kinks

Long ago life was cleanSex was bad and obsceneAnd the rich were so meanStately homes for the lords,croquet lawns, village greensVictoria was my queen

Victoria’s Coronation

I was born, lucky me in a land that I loveThough I am poor, I am freeWhen I grow, I shall fightfor this land I shall dieLet her sun never setVICTORIA!

Canada to IndiaAustralia to CornwallSingapore to Hong KongFrom the west to the eastFrom the rich to the poorVictoria loved them all!

English power today

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