why was britian interested in establishing colonies abroad?

Question

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Answer 1

Malaya for Tin and Rubber
Ceylon Tea
India for Tea and Chicken Vindaloo with Garlic Naan.
South Africa diamonds and gold
Egypt to make and control the Suez Canal as short trade route and to the Far East and archeological theft of artifacts.
China for Silk and Opium
The USA farming and potential annex for colonisation, Cotton.
Australia annex
Canada annex
Centra Africa, Ivory, Slaves, Precious Stones, Precious metals.
Central and North Africa, Slaves
Jamaica, Slave operated plantations & bananas
New Zealand for farming sheep and cattle

In total, exploitation and control.

Answer 2

For a long time we Brits maintained that we had acquired colonies 'absent-mindedly'. A load of guff put about by those who ruled us. Often land was acquired, however, for staging posts on long sea routes - Cape Colony and Aden, for example. But mainly for trade and goods that weren't available in Britain - furs from North America for the cold winters of the 16th and 17th centuries, spices from the East to preserve meat in days before refrigeration. India and Canada - as much as anything to keep Johnny Frenchman from having them. Australia and New Zealand because we got there first . African colonies, mainly in the 'Scramble for Africa' which all leading European states took part in in the 2nd half of the 19th century. Iraq, Egypt, Palestine etc, under League of Nations mandates after WWI

Answer 3

Because it was full. And cold, and damp, and interested in finding spices and natural resources to plunder elsewhere!

Answer 4

Trade, expansion of influence & territory, world domination.

Answer 5

land and resources= wealth

Answer 6

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