“Unveiling the Forgotten Lessons: How British Schools Shape the Narrative of Empire”
Continuing the trend, in the 1660s, England extended its reach into the African continent, by settling into modern-day Gambia. Over the following two centuries, England first, and Great Britain later, colonised much of Africa, establishing a chain of territories from Cairo to Cape Town.
By the 18th and 19th centuries, the Brits were on a roll. The Treaty of Paris of 1763 unlocked the door to what would become Canada and the East India Company continued its expansion, at the expense of their French counterpart and local Bengali rulers.
There was the occasional, yet major setback, of course, such as the loss of the 13 American colonies following the Revolutionary war of 1776. But even that came with some major advantages, as Britain very purposefully gave the new nation insanely favourable terms in the deal, as we’ve covered in one of personal favourite videos we’ve ever done: That Time Ben Franklin and John Adams Slept Together and the Hilarity That Ensued, which goes in depth into the start, middle, and end of the revolution and the rather fascinating and hilarious two contrasting individuals in those two men who played such critical roles, as well as covers in detail why Ben Franklin advocated so strongly that elderly women were the best to sleep with.
But going back to these colonists and the terrorist organisation that took control of them and subsequently mass murdered so many British soldiers just there trying to earn a living, France and the newly minted United States were bosom buddies at this point, which was a major problem for the British both at that time and very possibly could have turned into a catastrophic problem in the future if that was allowed to continue. Thus, in a bit of a double cross, which honestly what more can you expect from already traitors to king and country, the colonists decided to throw France, without whom they’d have definitely lost the war, completely under the bus at the last minute in exchange for those insanely favourable terms from Britain
