Learn about British history, including what the British Empire was and when it ended in this Bitesize KS3 history guide.

When the Continental Army formed 250 years ago at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, George Washington was appointed its ...

Slavery is abolished in the British empire. In 1834, slaves in the British empire started a period of 'apprenticeship', during which they were obliged to work without pay for their former owners.

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American colonists who aligned with the British lost their lands, their reputations and sometimes even their lives ...

Thanks to Diego Garcia (uninhabited except temporarily by various U.K. and U.S. military personnel) and to Pitcairn (population now about 50), the British Empire appears safe from sunsets for the ...

London lets the sun go down on the British Empire. The Herald's View. May 28, 2025 — 3.24pm. May 28, 2025 — 3.24pm. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save articles for later.

Her first trade book Empire Without End: A New History of Britain and the Caribbean is due to be published in June 2025. In 2021, it received the Eccles Institute Writer’s and Hay Festival Award. Kofi ...

"They took a page from the British Empire, rather poetic from a British game after all," says ThatGymDude. "It is great meme material and some lessons from history in it.