British Empire Map Today

These places are also known as british overseas territories. Here is the map created by reddit user alectprasad, showing countries that gained independence from the united kingdoms and the years british colonies in africa britain empire had numerous colonies in africa: From the 1850s, thousands of britons went to live in british colonies in search of a better life.

It could often operate differently in a colony on one side of the world from a colony on the other side. Under british rule our family farm in galway had six households living on it prior to the famine of 1848. Countries that are in the british empire today include falkland islands, anguilla, bermuda, gibraltar, montserrat, pitcairn islands, turks and caicos islands, the virgin islands, st.

South sandwich and the south georgia islands.

Mapping and connecting history by place, date, event and the people involved is what intriguing history is about. The largest in history at its height, there is little left of the british empire today. South sandwich and the south georgia islands. Britain first gained control of canada in 1763, after a war with france, who also had colonies (areas under its control) in the region.