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What "empire" means in this course

What "empire" means in this course

Turning-point timeline of the British Empire from 1558 to 1783, showing key dates such as 1600, 1607, 1651, 1704, 1757, 1763 and 1783 across the Americas, Caribbean, Africa, India and Europe

In 1558 there was no finished imperial blueprint. Overseas activity was scattered and risky, involving voyages, fishing, trade, exploration, and a few shaky settlement schemes.

The Origins and Growth of the British Empire 1558–1783 Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /History
  3. /The Origins and Growth of the British Empire 1558–1783

Step-by-step lessons covering OCR A Level History The Origins and Growth of the British Empire 1558–1783 for A Level History. Each lesson works through exam-style questions in Unit group 1, Unit group 2 and Unit group 3, plus the Y100 non-exam assessment format. Build a secure grasp of the outline narrative for your breadth and depth periods first, since the source-evaluation and historical-interpretations questions that carry a large share of the marks depend on that contextual knowledge.

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