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 ...

The Vikings, Normans and French war and invasions Britain forms an empire, 16th to 18th Century British Empire's expansion in Africa, 1700s-1920s Losing empire, Commonwealth and joining EU, 1900s ...

Understanding the British Empire (CUP, 2010); Ronald Hyam, Britain's Imperial Century, 1815 to 1914 (CUP latest edn); John Newsinger, The blood never dried: A people’s history of the British Empire ...