Why did the British Empire grow so powerful (then collapse).

Why did the British Empire collapse at the hight of its power? After the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and the accession to the throne of King Charles III. We’re looking at the factors that led to the British Empire’s initial expansion around the world and the effects that are still being felt globally to this day. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: JOIN OUR PATREON Short form content on Instagram // And on Tiktok // @faultlinetv Follow us on Twitter // Like our Facebook Page // Join our Discord for behind the scenes discussions Follow our Subreddit // Business enquiries // andy@ Music from Musicbed // Faultline is produced by: Executive Producer/Story Editor/Host: Andy Burgess Story/Research: Jamie Elms Editors: Ana Stanojevic & Andy Burgess Motion Graphics: Andy Burgess Assistant Producer/Editor: Ivan Veselov Artwork: Tim Burgess of Wild Tales Illustration Sources 🔗 Office Holidays | National Days/Independence - The British Museum | Prehistoric Britain - Britannica | Ancient Britain - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, January 2011 - Cambridge University | Livestock Changes at the Beginning and End of the Roman Period in Britain: Issues of Acculturation, Adaptation, and ‘Improvement’ - World History Encyclopedia | Manorialism by Mark Cartwright - Athelstan Museum | King Athelstan - Britannica | John Cabot - Tanya Reimer | ’This Realm of England is an Empire’: The Tudor’s Justification of Imperial Rule Through Legend by Propaganda and Pageantry - Patrick Melby | Insatiable Shipyards: The Impact of the Royal Navy on the World’s Forests, 1200-1850 - The Guardian | England’s forests: a brief history of trees - Atlas Sail | The impact of the Royal Navy on Deforestation - The New York Times | The Silk Road: The Route That Made the World - The MET | Religion and Culture in North America, 1600–1700 - | Entering and Exiting the Empire - Professor Kenneth Morgan | Trade and the British Empire, BBC - PBS | Indentured servants in the US - Tim Saenger | Colonial Farming and Food: Famine to Prosperity - World History | Sugar & the Rise of the Plantation System - James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti | Atlas of the Invisible: Maps & Graphics That Will Change How You See the World - The National Archives | Abolition of slavery - The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | Capture and Captives - Britannica | Transatlantic Slave Trade Key Facts - Royal Museums Greenwich | How did the slave trade end in Britain? - Britannica | Slave rebellions - Britannica | British Empire historical state - The Week | How big was the British Empire and why did it collapse? - David Pierce | Decolonization and the Collapse of the British Empire - Live Science | Cold War: Origins, combatants and leaders - Pauline Mor | British Decolonization: A peaceful disengagement - James Barr | A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the Struggle that shaped the Middle East- West India Committee | The British Empire - Timestamps: 00:00 - History’s most expansive Empire 00:56 - Britain invaded half the world for spices and decided they didn’t like them 1:35 - Life in prehistoric Britain 2:29 - The unification of the United Kingdom 2:51 - The (failed) voyage of John Cabot 3:35 - Natural resources that helped form an Empire 4:13 - The Silk Road’s influence on the British Empire 4:58 - Britain’s plan to circumvent trade disputes 6:28 - The transatlantic slave trade 8:16 - The real reason slavery was abolished 8:52 - Global dominance “The sun never sets on the British Empire“ 9:54 - The downfall of the British Empire 10:43 - Botched decolonisation 11:21 - The Commonwealth and the lasting effects #britishempire #queenelizabeth #geography