Paying For Empire In Tea And Sugar. The rise of tea and sugar as a power duo was a boon for British government coffers. By the mid-1700s, tea imports accounted for one-tenth of overall tax income, ...

Though the British Empire officially dissolved decades ago, its legacy is still woven into the fabric of many nations across the globe. From language and law to education systems and infrastructure, ...

Not available in 2019/20 HY326 Slavery, Capital, and Empire in the British World, 1700-1900. This information is for the 2019/20 session. Teacher responsible ...

From India, further expansion was undertaken through Asia, and by 1913 the British Empire was the largest to have ever existed. It covered around 25% of the world's land surface, ...

When the British took control of Florida in 1763, St. Augustine already had extensive Spanish-built defenses, but British officers were concerned about an attack from a nearby river and ordered ...

At the height of the British Empire, just after the First World War, an island smaller than Kansas controlled roughly a quarter of the world’s population and landmass. To the architects of this ...

You are here - Welcome to LSE > Calendar > Undergraduate > Course guides > HY326 Slavery, Capital, and Empire in the British World, 1700-1900. Not available in 2018/19 HY326 Slavery, Capital, and ...

But for two decades in the 1700s, Great Britain controlled the region, ... When the British took control of Florida in 1763, St. Augustine already had extensive Spanish-built defenses, ...