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How Britain gained an empire - governmentExpansion into the Americas, 16th and 17th Century
In the 18th century, Britain had a well-established empire of colonies in the Americas. By 1740, the British government had allowed thirteeen colonies to develop in British America. The British ...
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Following Threads to Colonial Barbados
It is, however, actually a sampler from Barbados – the earliest known Barbadian sampler in any collection. The RSN sampler is ...
How the sun will set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 years
The sun will quite literally set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 ... were slaves brought over by the French ...
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About the Film
Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin, explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's ... he could to enhance the British Empire, then gave everything ...