the rise and fall of the british empire

TheRiseandFalloftheBritishEmpireWangYiTheFormationoftheEmpireQueenVictoriaMemorialQueenVictoria(1819—1901)TheFormationoftheEmpireVictoriatime’sfeature1.Sheencouragedfurtherindustrialization.2.ThebritishgovernmentadoptedNewImperialism.3.ThebritishgovernmentsenttheBritishfleetanywhereintheworld.Atendofthe19century,BritishEmpireincludedaquarteroftheglobalpopulationandnearlyaquarterofworld’slandmass.Colonies1,Canda,Australia,NewZealand(dominion英联邦自治领域)2,India(“brightestjewel”ontheEnglishCrown)3,HongKong(OpiumWar,TreatyofNanking)4,Burma,SriLanka,Singapore,Malaya,Sarawak,Brunei,smallstatesintheWestIndiesandAsia.5,tookcontrolofSuezCanalandconqueredEgypt.6,theGoldCoast,Niger,Sudan,Kenya,Uganda,Zambia,UpperNigeria1898TheEmpireonwhichthesunneversetWorldWarⅠDate:June28,1914—Dec11,1918Result:Allieswin.Thewarisunjust,predatoryandimperialist.About1.5billionpeopleinvolvedinwar,about8.4millionpeoplewerekilledand21millionwerewounded.WorldWarⅠGreenisAlliedPowersBrownisCentralPowersWorldWarⅡBackground:①theGreatDepression②theriseoffascismDate:Sep1st,1939-Sep2nd,1945Result:theAllieswin.WorldWarⅡTheFalloftheEmpire