How did Britain make money from the 13 colonies? The vast network of trade links built ... Growing grains is the main source of income for the Middle Colonies. The British Empire was powerful without ...

The British Empire is considered to have been the largest empire in history. At its peak in 1920 covered 13.71 million square mile ... world as much any of the others have done. Many former colonies ...

By Gwynne Dyer - With the sole exception of the 50 people on Pitcairn Island, the United Kingdom (once known as the British Empire ... The ex-colonies need leverage, and colonial guilt is a ...

Seventy years since India gained its independence from the British Empire, the UK is seeking a ... to the appalling massacre at Amritsar on 13 April 1919. Gandhi, then a rather marginal figure ...

I became friends with many of the British ... colonies. However, while the act abolished the trade in enslaved people, it did not end the use of enslaved labour across the British Empire.

But some countries make motorists more nervous than others.A survey published in October shows drivers are most concerned ...

The foreign minister of the Bahamas has suggested Sir Keir Starmer and David Lammy will ‘come around’ to offering reparations ...

When India was part of the British Empire many states were ... The United States started with 13 states, which were the ...

How deregulation and private equity have gutted the U.S. freight rail system—and with it, the promise of America’s industrial ...

Vietnam came in at No. 13. Like many countries in Asia ... dominates in the United Kingdom and many former colonies of the British Empire, including India, Australia, South Africa and Singapore.

whose member states are largely made up of territories once belonging to the British Empire. Fred Mitchell has spent 13 years as the foreign minister of the Bahamas (Picture: Getty) While ...