Learn about British history, including what the British Empire was and when it ended in this Bitesize KS3 history guide. ... In the 1700s and 1800s, India experienced several devastating famines.

In 1700 most foreign commerce, by volume and value, was still conducted with Europe, ... The Illustrated Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James (Little, Brown, 1999) ...

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All enslaved people across the British Empire finally gained their freedom at midnight on 31 July 1838. Plantation owners received compensation in the form of a government grant set at £20,000,000.

The rise of tea and sugar as a power duo was a boon for British government coffers. By the mid-1700s, tea imports accounted for one-tenth of overall tax income, says Laudan, a visiting professor ...

In an article for Al Jazeera, he said that India was one of the world’s richest countries before British rule, producing 27 per cent of the world's gross domestic product in 1700.

Paying For Empire In Tea And Sugar. The rise of tea and sugar as a power duo was a boon for British government coffers. By the mid-1700s, tea imports accounted for one-tenth of overall tax income, ...