Brittish+Empire

The British Exported guns, cloth, iron and beer with Africa, and exported manufactured goods, and luxuries with Boston, Charleston and the West Indies. They imported gold, ivory, spices, and hardwoods from Africa, Whale oil, lumber and furs, from Boston, and rice, silk, indigo and tobacco from Charleston, and sugar, molasses and wood from the West Indies. England got really rich from the exports and imports, and London became one of the richest/biggest cities in the world at that time. The British empire became the strongest through trade, because they would trade with a place like Hong Kong, and that would connect with the rest of Asia. The British empire began to decline after world war II when britain decided to give back the colonies they had taken. England gave back the colonies because the work was done. The british had taken all the avaliable resources from each country that they could access, the spread of Christianity was complete and the English language was going to be used all over the world. Some argue that the empire still lives on today. There are currently 14 overseas territories that the UK own, and as long as they exist, the empire exists. However, those territories are controlled not from the UK but from each territory's own government. ||
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