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 British colony was
named to honour an
unmarried British queen, who
had just died.
What is Virginia? (In honour of Elisabeth I, the „virgin“ queen – although she was anything but…)
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 Trafalger?
This century saw the heyday
of the British Empire.
What is the 19th century?
The first settlers in Virginia
settled on the island of
Jamestown – and soon died
of disease, hunger and
attacks by Indians. Their
leader John Smith became
famous for befriending this
local Indian daughter of a
chieftain.
Who is Pocahontas?
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?
This group of Puritans leave England in 1620 to settle in New England. There they found Plymouth, invent Thanksgiving – and burn witches.
Who are the Pilgrim Fathers?
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’?
It is the year 1773. In order to
protest against British taxes,
which keep being raised,
American colonists, disguised
as Indians, teach 350 chests
of tea how to swim.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
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?
This charter, declared on 4
July, 1776, is best known for
its 2nd sentence: We hold
these truths to be selfevident,
that all men are
created equal, that they are
endowed by their Creator
with certain unalienable
Rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty and the pursuit
of Happiness.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
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?