The British empire In America

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Introduction

The British Empire in America is recorded to be one of the largest Empires that have ever existed . It was the greatest global power for over a century and it is originated as a product of the age discovery This age discovery which gave rise to the British Empire in America began with the maritime exploration which took place in the 15th Century , this sparked the era of the

European colonial empire Callender and Fowell , 1795

It is recorded that almost a century ago , in 1921 there was a census which took place in the whole British empire and the were counted were about a quarter of the world population . This was a census which covered the biggest area in the world ever of about 14 .2 million square miles- this constitute about a quarter of the earths area ( HYPERLINK "http /www .thecommonwealth .org /FAQs /20706 /faqs http /www .thecommonwealth .org /FAQs /20706 /faqs

The British Empire had very many colonies and it was even a common joke that the sun never sets on the whole Empire , since because of its area the sun had to shine at least in one part of the empire

The colonies of the British Empire was destroyed and became independent after the World War II , and this forced many of the colonies to join the commonwealth Nations . This is because the organization of the commonwealth nations is a free association of all the independent states and nations (Callender and Fowell , 1795

Among the colonies and the states England was notably slower as compared to Spain , to Portugal or to France in growing interest in the new world . There was very little which was done by the Tudor monarchs to encourage people and colonies in the exploration . This was challenged by the English adventurers which took place during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1603 . The adventure finally begun to explore the North American coast and to plunder the Spanish , who were shipping in the Caribbean The English adventures did they work on a private basis and there was no control of their operations and very minimal support Crown . Queen Elizabeth mobilized large armies at great expense to conquer Ireland but made no equivalent investment in America . Instead , she granted Sir Walter Raleigh the authority to colonize at his own expense--and he failed at Roanoke 1584-1587 due to lack of supplies and support from the Crown (Callender and Fowell , 1795

The relationship between the colonies which was intended to be mutually beneficial and to support one another later on was found to be working in crossroads and with no unity of purpose . This was because the colonies were founded by a number of desperate independent groups which existed with no watch from any other colony or from the Crown , this is how the colonies regarded themselves and the supreme power also viewed them the same way . The...