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British Trade & Empire. By Bidemi,Sade,Wai Shyang,Kris,Andrew,Jake. Tutor:Mark Gulzar. Trade with the east. Eastern trading began at the East India Company They used silver to buy tea with Later they used a product called Opium. Opium was used as a treatment and to trade.
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British Trade & Empire By Bidemi,Sade,Wai Shyang,Kris,Andrew,Jake Tutor:Mark Gulzar
Trade with the east • Eastern trading began at the East India Company • They used silver to buy tea with • Later they used a product called Opium Opium was used as a treatment and to trade
Goods shipped to Britain • A lot of goods were shipped to Britain • Why were the goods so important to Britain?
TRADE AND EMPIRE IN THE WEST • 92,500,000 people were in the Empire in the West. • Countries in the West of the Empire included North America and Canada. • The English travelled to other countries telling them what to do.
SLAVERY IN TRADE & EMPIRE • Slavery has gone on for over 1000 years. • British used silver to buy products. • Slavery started in India. • If it wasn’t for the trade and empire we wouldn’t have tea or coffee. • If a slave would not do as he/her was told, they were whipped. • Weapons were used if the slaves didn’t work. • If it wasn’t for the trade and empire we wouldn’t have food but the way they treated the slaves was wrong.
Captain Cook - hazardous -Intelligent -curious *hazardous –dangerous *curious-explorative
Sir Francis Drake 1577-Sailed on his voyage -Drake’s offical aim *circumnavigation-to go right round something
British Trade and Empire East India Company • The East India Company began to bring back: • Silks • Spices • Porcelain • Tea • Lots of Luxury goods In the 17 th Century this trade represented the beginnings of Britain’s Indian Empire
How the British Empire changed the way we eat. • For hundreds of years, trade with different countries brought back new and exotic foods to Britain. • Pinapples • Bananas • Mangoes • Spices
The East India company went to unknown places, and found things that we would never have seen had it not been for them I Think we should all be proud of the BRITISH TRADE AND THE EMPIRE