toms+british+empire

=SLAVERY= = Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work. In some historical situations it has been legal for owners to kill slaves. When England sent their criminals over to Australia they were surprised to see that the place was already inhabited. Aborigines were the native people to Australia. The English would either kill them, or chain them for slaves. They were treated gruesomely and they were treated as if they were less superior then the whites. They came across to the English as a different race altogether. Money was an important factor in the British Empire. The “Higher” class people would get to have riches that would never belong to the poor peasants. The less fortunate men would do hard labor and the women would have to work as maids. The same but different kind of thing happened in India when the people that they ruled over would be forced to be slaves against their own will. King Charles agreed to give slaves to the rising british colonies in the Caribbean and other places. In India, the captured would not only be slaves but would go into the army. =

**LEADERS AND GOLDEN AGES**

The British empires “golden ages” were from 1815-1914. With Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria.

=GOVERNMENT=

The two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) are based at The Palace of Westminster, also known as the houses of parliment, in London.
The Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament) where the UK Government is currently stationed. The palace lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the London City of Westminster, close to the government buildings of Whitehall. Parliament decides what is best for the U.K. (Some issues in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are now dealt with by their respective parliaments and assemblies.) There has been a parliament at Westminster since the 13th Century. They would enforce strict punishments for small crimes that they said were disruptive, they would use **corporal punishment.** This was highly successful, people would be to scared to do anything apart from the ordinary. The UK government is normally formed by the leader of the party that wins the most seats in the general election.All actions by the government are seen and passed by the rest of the government.

[|__http://www.great-britain.co.uk/history/victoria.htm] [|__http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/index/government.htm] [|__http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery]