The British Empire was the biggest in the World
 

We even ran the USA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire


[The British Empire comprised the dominions,
colonies, protectorates, mandates,
and other territories ruled or administered
by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
It originated with the overseas possessions
and trading posts established by England
between the late 16th and early 18th centuries.
At its height, it was the largest empire in history and,
for over a century, was the foremost global power.
By 1913, the British Empire held sway over
412 million people, 23% of the world population
at the time, and by 1920, it covered
35,500,000 km2 (13,700,000 sq mi), 24% of the
Earth's total land area.
As a result, its political, legal, linguistic,
and cultural legacy is widespread.
At the peak of its power,
the phrase "the empire on which the sun never sets"
was often used to describe the British Empire,
because its expanse around the globe meant
that the sun was always shining on at
least one of its territories.]



[Origins (1497–1583)
A replica of the Matthew, John Cabot's ship used
for his second voyage to the New World
The foundations of the British Empire were laid
when England and Scotland were separate kingdoms.
In 1496, King Henry VII of England,
following the successes of Spain and Portugal
in overseas exploration,
commissioned John Cabot to lead a voyage
to discover a route to Asia via the North Atlantic.
Cabot sailed in 1497, five years after the
European discovery of America,
but he made landfall on the coast of Newfoundland,
and, mistakenly believing (like Christopher Columbus)
that he had reached Asia,there was no attempt
to found a colony.
Cabot led another voyage to the Americas the
following year but nothing was ever heard of his ships again]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ds_Men_WWI.jpg


A WW1 Poster

Ok?

Thank god nothing bad ever came of that x

you seem proud?

Yes thanks for splitting my country in two Britain, also thanks for killing over 2 million people in the "famine", you're the greatest :')

oh ... kay? Interesting, but so what? :laugh:

Yes we built the world and people should be grateful

:clap2:

Yes it was a Vicious War.

That's your imagination

To be fair it's kind of a case of "what have the Romans ever done for us" :laugh:

This is news? The Brits brought slavery to the US. Colonization, killing, raping and looting are British history. Now Britain is completely irrelevant.

It was genocide, not war.

And it was only at the cost of millions of lives :flutter:

Emancipators, missionaries, explorers, ... all colonialists were as guilty as any marauding usurpers were. They stole and subjugated any and all they could.

And we never apologise, even the aid we give is begrudged.

Time to stop that aid

Strange that im currently reading this while the kids have pocahontus on

Great debate was just on Radio4


The Moral Maze: The British Empire

One poblem is many are telling you how to think
about the British Empire.
One said he feels no guilt
as he was not educated about it much.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000l0kg


43 mins long
Very Balanced Debate

It was so iconic :love: