The British Empire

1. Times

1.1. At peak in 19th and early 20th century

2. Commonwealth

2.1. Now called it, after fall of British Empire

2.2. E.g.

2.2.1. New Zealand

2.2.2. Canada

2.2.3. Australia

2.3. Queen Victoria was called “Empress of India”

3. Key facts

3.1. Based on slavery

3.2. 20% of worlds population

3.3. 25% of world’s land surface

3.4. 35% of Africa

4. Countries inside it

4.1. South Africa

4.2. India

4.3. Australia

4.4. New Zealand

4.5. Canada

5. Fall

5.1. Fell apart after WWII

5.2. Countries demanding freedom

6. HOW?

6.1. Island, so harder to attack, easy to defend

6.2. Focused on trade deals

6.3. Used huge naval power