Natural+Resources

=**Natural Resources** =

===**__The British Empire was mostly dependent for cheap oil from Iran, conquered. Also, the extra oil was sold to the colonies that were also conquered, and with this the British empire made a great profit. Also, because it was such a large empire, it could take tremendous amounts of tax money. This also helped with the costs and polls of making more ammunition and firearms for war. Britain recieved gold from Africa, cotton from America and India, tobbaco and sugar, which Britain manufactured into other products. Also, when nations entered service of the British empire, it made them do the grunt work, such as mining, so the empire could concentrate on manufacturing war materials, as to make its global status larger.__** ===

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