| The British Empire |
Reference links... Information about Britannia Liverpool Town Hall Perth Academy Britannia with Uncle Sam David Cameron on Britannia (2008) British Empire Timeline, 1573-1997 Information on the Berlin Conference of 1884 & The British Empire Map Room |
Excerpts taken from... Discourse on Western Planting (1584) Declaration of Independence (1776) Movie clip shown from...  |
| The Pacific colonies |
Reference links... Telegraph maps of the British Empire Background on the British Empire in Asia British Western Pacific Territories European exploration of Australia Convicts in the British colonies British Empire in the World Wars Map of Hong Kong Sino-British Joint Declaration (1984) & Images of Empire (both still and moving) |
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Treaty of Waitangi (1840) Statute of Westminster (1931) Movie clip shown from...  |
| India & Pakistan |
Reference links... The East India Company The Accession of the Queen of India What is a protectorate? The Partition of India After Partition: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh India-Pakistan: Troubled Relations "History weeps at the partition of India and Pakistan" & U.S. Department of State (on Pakistan) |
Excerpts taken from... On Empire and Education (1833) The Benefits of British Rule (1871) Movie clip shown from...  |
| Egypt & northern Africa |
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Excerpts taken from... Why Britain Acquired Egypt in 1882 (1908) Denouncement of the Proposal for a Canal Users' Association (1956) Movie clip shown from...  |
| South Africa & its neighbors |
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Reference links... Timeline of South Africa's history Map of colonies in southern Africa Profile of South Africa from the BBC Castle of Good Hope, c. 1800 Biography of Cecil Rhodes U.S. newspaper coverage of the Boer War South African slang terms & "TV project to dig up Falklands battle sites" (2011) |
Excerpts taken from... Round Africa to India (1498) Concentration Camps during the South African/Boer War, 1899-1902 Movie clip shown from...  |
| The creation of Israel & the Middle East |
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Timeline of Israeli history The Ottoman Empire, c. 1900 The Uganda Plan Discussion of the Balfour Declaration The Yalta Conference List of British Overseas Territories Commonwealth Members & Christine's YouTube Channel |
Excerpts taken from... The Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916) The Mandate for Palestine (1922) Movie clip shown from...  |
Steamed Pudding recipes for the holidays...enjoy! Gingerbread - OR - Chocolate |
