The Industrial Revolution, which took place between 1750 - 1900, was a period of great ... These technological advances were happening while the British Empire was growing. Not all of these ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 ...

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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The decision by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to transfer the Chagos Islands, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius ...

On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress voted to replace the colonies' part-time militias with a full-time army – and ...

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

It lived for centuries, covered a quarter of the world's landmass and radically shaped modern-day Britain, yet schools have tended to sidestep the thorny history of the British Empire. Now, slowly, ...

As the U.S. marks the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, it might take a moment — or more — to remember why ...

Intelligence will still pulse through fibre-optic lines beneath the sea. But the sun has set on the British Empire. Only its echoes remain. Get a note directly from our foreign correspondents on ...

Military victories were essential in helping America win its independence from Britain. Early successes gave the Patriots ...

As the first building to be built from an iron frame, the Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings in England is a forerunner of all iron ...