Chapter 2: Trade and Empire
In the 18-19th centuries, Britain built an empire which 'ruled the waves' and covered a fifth of the world's land-mass. With territories around the globe it was literally 'the empire on which the sun never set'. What on earth was going on?
Spreads:
2. The British Empire – wanted and won
3. The American War of Independence
4. The Slave Trade (7 lessons)