UK - The British Empire

Question 1

motivation behind Empire

Answer 1

trade
money
adventure

Question 2

stages of the Empire

Answer 2

1. Elizabethan Age
2. 1783
3. 1815

Question 3

Elizabethan Age

Answer 3

Beginning of the First Empire
- Norther American territories
- slave trade as basis of British prosperity

Question 4

1783

Answer 4

Britain lost war of Independence
- loss of 13 colonies
- end of the first Empire
- Swing to the East

Question 5

1815

Answer 5

Beginning of the Second Empire
- gain of colonies in India & Africa
- Britain´s role as global policeman

Question 6

Sir Francis Drake - a hero?

Answer 6

“Language of duty helps to rationalize the pursuit of self-interest”
-> meaning: the English “had” to colonize the world (and get rich) because no one else would