Rule Britannia
This is an area or a country
which is directly ruled by a
governor on behalf of (= for)
the British government and
representing the Crown.
What is a colony?
A record- breaking Royal lady:
9 children and 63 years on the
throne
Who is Queen Victoria?
This common, white
substance is used for more
than just sweetening a cup of
tea.
What is sugar?
This peaceful Indian politician
ended British rule in India.
Who is
Mahatma
Gandhi?
The greatest diamond of the
world, the “Great Star of
Africa”, now part of the Crown
Jewels, comes from this
country’s mines.
What is South Africa?
This famous battle secured
England’s global supremacy
at sea in 1805.
What is the Battle of Trafalgar?
This century saw the heyday
of the British Empire.
What is the 19th century?
The British are not the only
nations that want a bite of
the colonial cake. Two other
sea-faring European nations
have colonies in the West
Indies.
What are Spain and France?
In the year 1600 Elisabeth I
grants a charter to a company
of merchants. This company
becomes very successful in its
Indian trade.
What is the East India (Trading) Company?
These Dutch farmers were
not happy about British rule
in South Africa.
Who are
the Boers?
This inter-governmental
organisation of 54 member
states developed from the
British Empire. These nations
have close economic ties,
sporting associations and
complementary institutions.
What is the Commonwealth (of nations)?
These former colonies turned
into “Dominions”, effectively
making Elisabeth II their
queen, when she ascended to
the throne in 1952. Today they
are still part of the “Realm”,
which makes Elisabeth their
sovereign.
What are Canada,
Australia and
New Zealand?
The most profitable
agricultural product in the
Caribbean islands was sugar
cane. Unfortunately the
Spanish had already wiped
out the natives. So the British
relied on these unfortunate
people to do the heavy work.
What are
African slaves?
Britain had a clear economic
interest in its Indian colony:
to import cheap raw
materials from India and to
use India as a market for GB‘s
finished products. Therefore
mainly these two agricultural
products were exported to
GB.
What are
cotton and tea?
This three-way trading
system existed from the late
16th to the early 19th century,
shipping slaves, colonial crops
and manufactured goods
between West Africa, the
Caribbean / American
colonies and Great Britain.
What is the
Trans-Atlantic
Slave Trade or
Triangular Trade?
Without this military
institution Britannia would
not have ruled the waves and
would not have been able to
get colonies and fight the
Dutch and the Spanish.
What is the Royal Navy?
When India became part of
the British Empire Victoria
was more than a queen.
What is the
‘Empress
of India’?
The French had problems,
too: Saint Domingue (Haiti)
was the most profitable
sugar-producing island. By
the late 18th cent. 90% of its
population were black slaves.
Then, inspired by the French
Revolution, Toussaint
L’Ouverture had this good
idea.
What is the
rebellion of the
slaves?
This non-violent 240-milewalk
protesting British salt
taxes was undertaken by
Gandhi and his followers as
an act of civil disobedience in
order to help free India from
British rule.
What is the
Gandhi Salt
March?
This British owner of a
diamond company and
politician founded Rhodesia
(today Zambia and
Zimbabwe), which was
named after him.
Who is Cecil
Rhodes?
This popular 19th century
saying about the British
Empire expressed that it was
so vast it spanned the world.
What is
‘The Empire on
which the sun
never sets’?
This famous aristocrat, soldier
and explorer was a favourite
of Queen Elisabeth I.
He was the first who tried to
colonise Virginia (but failed)
and it was he who made
smoking tobacco popular at
Elisabeth‘s court.
Who is Sir Walter
Raleigh?
These 14 islands in the
Caribbean – among them
Bermuda, the Cayman Islands
and the Falkland Islands have
not yet acquired
independence or have voted
to remain British. Their
citizens have full British
citizenship and the Queen is
their Head of State.
What are the
British Overseas
Territories?
Despite Gandhi’s wishes,
when India became
independent in 1947 it was
split up in these two parts:
one Hindu country and one
Muslim country.
What are India
and Pakistan?
A national park and a gold
coin is named after this Boer
politician, military leader and
president of Transvaal, who
fought against British troops
trying to conquer and annex
Transvaal after gold had been
found there.
Who is (Paul)
Kruger / Krüger?