Background
One of the largest and most powerful empires in world history
British Empire
The British Empire began to take shape in this century
The late 16th century
BEIC stands for
The British East India Company
The year of establishing the Jamestown settlement
1607
The Dutch
The powerful country that establishes and maintains control over another country or territory
The colonizer
The British Empire got its beginning with the establishment of colonies in this part of the world (continent)
North America
A period of intense European colonisation of Africa in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
The Scramble for Africa
A joint-stock company that had been granted a charter by King James the I
The Virginia Company
A name for India that signified the importance of it to the British empire
The crown jewel of the British empire
The primary purpose of colonialism
Economic gain
England began to build a permanent presence in the New World with the establishment of this colony in 1607
The Virginia Colony
The immensely wealthy (controlling around 23% of the world's money) empire which controlled India before Britain
The Mogul empire
The reason of establishing the Jamestown settlement
The intention of finding gold and other valuable resources
In total the British transported around ... enslaved africans across the Atlantic ocean
3.1 million
The population of British Empire at its peak in the early 20th century
411 million people
The first English colony was established in this year in Newfoundland, Canada
1583
The main European powers involved in the Scramble for Africa (5)
Britain, France, Germany, Portugal, and Spain
The Jamestown settlement played a key role in the development of this industry in Virginia
The tobacco industry
The British Commonwealth was established in 1931 with the signing of this act of the Parliament
the Statute of Westminster
The main countries in Europe to establish colonies (4)
Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal
Valuable resources for what the colonies were initially established during the 17th and 18th centuries (3)
sugar, tobacco, and spices
In this year the Berlin Conference that was held to regulate European colonization and trade in Africa
1884
The early years of the settlement were marked by a conflict with this tribe
the native Powhatan tribe
A form of self-government that laid the foundation for democratic principles in America established by the Pilgrims
the Mayflower Compact