Britain sails into the storm, 1770-1779 -- The empire in a period of crisis -- Massachusetts Bay foments rebellion -- Tea and the climate of sedition -- Parliament accepts the challenge : The coercive ...

Those lessons beckon today for Britain, and America, too. In the end, the empire — “the red on the map” — was a symbol, not the basis, of British influence. The home islands themselves, it could be ...

Though the British Empire officially dissolved decades ago, its legacy is still woven into the fabric of many nations across the globe. From language and law to education systems and infrastructure, ...

Throughout its history, the British Empire has taken countless artifacts from its colonies and other countries. Governments and activists have since called for the repatriation of these cultural ...

CNN’s Peter Bergen interviews Harvard University historian Caroline Elkins about the legacy of the British Empire and the future of countries in the Commonwealth, where the British monarch ...

Alan Cumming and Princess Anne. Alamy Stock Photo All four of The Beatles were all made Members of the British Empire (MBE) in 1965, but John Lennon returned his honor four years later.

At the height of the British Empire, just after the First World War, an island smaller than Kansas controlled roughly a quarter of the world’s population and landmass. To the architects of this ...

It is the British state, the education system, and the political élites who are over-imperializing. D.E.: I’m not being literal about empire.