What countries did the British empire conquer?

Answer 1

The British Empire was the largest empire in history, overtaking even the Roman Empire, which were the previous largest empire in history.

Many of Britain's colonies have been granted independence. Today those that decided to stay associated with Britain are known as the British Commonwealth. Members of the British Commonwealth have their own government but the British Monarch also reigns as their monarch. The British also still outright own many islands all over the globe, such as Falklands.

Contrary to popular belief, the British did NOT conquer Scotland. The Scottish king, James VI, became the English King, James I, by succession from Elizabeth I. Scotland, along with Ireland and Wales (previously conquered by force of arms) became members of the Kingdom of Great Britain (later renamed United Kingdom) by a treaty called the Act Of Union.

Here is a list of territories taken by the British Empire:

• Aden
• Afghanistan
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands
• Anguilla
• Antigua
• Aruba
• Ascension
• Ashmore and Cartier Islands
• Australia
• Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Baker Islan
• Baluchistan
• Banda Islands
• Bantam
• Barbados
• Barbuda
• Basutoland
• Batavia
• Bay Islands
• Bechuanaland
• Benkulen
• Bengal
• Berbice
• Bermuda
• Bhutan
• Bombay
• Bonaire
• Bonin Islands
• British Cameroons
• British Columbia
• British Guiana
• British Honduras
• British Indian Ocean Territory
• British Kaffraria
• British New Guinea
• British Somaliland
• British Togoland
• British Virgin Islands
• Brunei
• Burma
• Bushire
• Canada
• Canton & Enderbury Islands
• Cap Breton Island
• Cape Colony
• Cayman Islands
• Ceylon
• Christmas island
• Cocos Islands
• Cook Islands
• Coorg
• Cuba
• Curacao
• Cyprus
• Cyrenaica
• Darien
• Demerara-Essequibo
• Dominica
• Dutch East Indies
• Dutch India
• Egypt
• Ellice Islands
• Eritrea
• Falkland Islands
• Fernando Po
• Fiji
• French India
• French Somaliland
• Gambia
• Georgia
• Gibraltar
• Gilbert Islands
• Goa
• Gold Coast
• Goree
• Grenada
• Griqualand West
• Guadeloupe
• Hawaii
• Heligoland
• Hirado
• Hong Kong
• Howland Island
• India
• Ionian Islands
• Iraq
• Italian Somaliland
• Jamaica
• Jarvis Island
• Kamaran Island
• Kenya
• Kuwait
• Labuan
• Lagos
• Leeward Islands
• Lord Howe Island
• Madeira
• Madras
• Malacca
• Malaya
• Maldive Islands
• Malta
• Martinique
• Mauritius
• Minorca
• Moluccas
• Montserrat
• Natal
• Nauru
• Nepal
• Nevis
• New Brunswick
• New Caledonia
• Newfoundland
• New Hebrides
• New Zealand
• Nigeria
• Niue
• Norfolk Island
• North America (United States)
• North Borneo
• Northern Nigeria
• Northern Rhodesia
• Nova Scotia
• Nyasaland
• Ocean Island
• Oman (Muscat and Oman)
• Orange River Colony
• Palestine
• Palmyra Atoll
• Penang
• Philippines
• Pitcairn Island
• Popham Colony
• Prince Edward Island
• Prince Edward Islands II
• Providence Island
• Pulo Condor Island
• Punjab
• Qatar
• Roanoke
• Redonda
• Reunion
• Rhode Island
• Rodriguez
• Rupert's Land and North West Territories
• Saint Barthelemy
• Saint Croix and Saint Thomas
• St Christopher
• Saint Domingue, Haiti
• Saint Eustatius
• St Helena
• St Lucia
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon
• St Vincent
• Saba
• Samoa
• Sarawak
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Sikkim
• Sind
• Singapore
• Somalia
• Solomon Islands
• South Africa
• South Australia
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
• South West Africa
• Southern Nigeria
• Southern Rhodesia
• Straits Settlements
• Sudan
• Suez Canal Zone
• Surat
• Surinam
• Swaziland
• Tanganyika
• Tangier
• Tasmania
• Tobago
• Tokelau
• Tonga
• Tranquebar (Danish India)
• Transjordan
• Transvaal
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tripolitania
• Tristan da Cunha
• Trucial Oman
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• Uganda
• Vancouver Island
• Victoria
• Walvis Bay
• Weihaiwei
• Willoughby
• Windward Islands
• Zanzibar
• Zululand

Answer 2

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