British English

1. Introduction The British Empire was referred to as “an Empire on which the sun never sets”. Fray Francisco de Ugalde coined this remark to the Spanish king, Charles I, who had a vast Empire. In the 19th century, this expression gained popular usage with the British Empire, as Great Britain expanded its Empire beyond the shores of Europe. The phrase highlights the grand power that Great Britain once had over the globe. By 1922 the British Empire covered around 25% of the world’s total land…

almost all of India is English the native language spoken by over 125 million Indians? The British imperialized India after years of the East India company trading with the Indians for cheaply made fabric until the government decide India was useful to the British and stepped in taking India as a colony. British imperialized India, by indirectly controlling India until the Indians could help the British benefit of the Indians politically, economically, and socially. The British realized they…

Hakluyt was a prominent lawyer who wrote about the numerous possibilities of British expansion across the Atlantic. Hakluyt believed colonization would reap massive benefits for England including religious, political, economic, and strategic advances. Stressing the importance of colonization, Hakluyt argued it is best to establish peaceful relations with Americas’ native populations in hopes that they would also benefit from British settlement and the commerce they would bring to the Americas.…

WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1857 In 1857 British faced a serious challenge to their rule in India known as "The Indian Rebellion of 1857" or "The war of independence 1857" was a war in India against the rule of the Britain and their company named as east India company and their domination in subcontinent. It was basically a effort to get rid of their domination that continued from May 1857 to July 1859 and The rebellion is also known by many other names including the India's First War of…

The British, French , and Spanish governments had policies that prohibited trade between territories owned by different countries. The laws forced all island plantation produce to be sent to Europe.The laws limited the amount of product coming in to areas that needed them, and forced people to smuggle them in, and also were a lot cheaper than the products sold by people such as the English. While smuggling was beneficial economically toward areas that needed them, they negatively affected legal…

Lanka was under British colonial rule from 1796-1948. The British implemented the divide and rule tactic when governing Sri Lanka, where minority groups, in this case Tamils, are given preferential treatment. This is to aggravate differences between the Sinhalese majority and Tamil minority. This way, the majority group that was being discriminated against would direct their grievances towards their ethnic counterparts instead of the British colonizers. In the 19th century the British…

between them is portrayed by Forster through the friendship between Aziz and Mr. Fielding, the English schoolmaster. Subsequently, Forster had the limited experience of both sides, keeping up a multifaceted relationship and getting from this completely a new information and feelings. In view of this story the reader is rapidly capable to sympathize with the ruled race, extremely and impolitely treated by the English powers. In this novel, the reader…

The outstanding overall British victory in the French and Indian War is considered to have had a lasting impact on the whole of the British Empire, resulting in the further expansion of the British territory within the New World, modern day America. In spite of the victory, it is realized the overall cost of the war greatly increased Great Britain’s growing debt crisis. All in all, it is realized that the minuscule military and financial help that the English leaders received from the colonists…

the north American coloines. The started to build military forts which made the English settlers mad and ready to fight.When George got there he delivered a letter to Governor Dinwiddle. In 1754 George made a surprise attack upon the French and this helped to spark the war. The war taught George a lot of important stuff about the military. In 1775 George Washington was ordered to command the army to besiege the British…

mercantilism. Truly, the English incorrectly thought that their imperialism was more “enlightened” than Spain’s conquest for “gold, God, and glory.” To begin, English treatment of Native Americans mirrored the Spanish. English and Spanish settlers almost always brewed up contempt between themselves and the natives. The closer natives lived to foreigners, the more likely conflict grew. Both countries tried…