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In 1922, at the peak of the British Empire, one-quarter of the world's population was under British rule.
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Going out into the world The British Empire was at its peak in 1922. Britain ruled over one-fourth of the world’s population, and “the sun never set on the British Empire”. This was because England had colonised a vast majority of the world. Their navy was second to none, and they ruled the world through sheer force, spreading their political, legal, linguistic and cultural values. Now around 100 years later it might be difficult to understand how this was actually possible, and the British colonisation of the world has been much debated.
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Research and discuss reasons why the British went out to colonise the world.
"We can look back at the history of our Empire in the confidence that it was not a scourge to other peoples, but contributed to the well-being of mankind. It brought peace, law and dramatic development to a quarter of the globe." Margaret Thatcher (1979)
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