India
India was known as the jewel of British Empire because of the country's amazing value in trade that no other nation could match.
The British first arrived in India around 1600. They came to trade. The British East India Company was formed to facilitate that trade. The French were also there. At the end of the Seven Years War (1756-1763), the French lost there trading rights in India and the British East India company began to establish greater control, generally through agreements with the Mughal rulers. By the 1840's the British East India Company had control of much of India. In 1857, the Sepoy troops used by the BEIC rebelled against the British. Conditions were bad in India. Following the rebellion, the British government ended the charter of the British East India Company and took over the management of India, making it a colony. Queen Victoria became the Empress of India. It remained a British colony until 1947. This time period is known as the British Raj.
The Pilgrims settled in what is now known as Plymouth, Massachusetts. Eventually the settlement would be considered the colony of Massachusetts.
Caribbean Countries that were once British Colonies are: Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Barbados Bahamas 5.St. Kitts & Nevis British Virgin Islands Turks and Caicos (Although Guyana is not Geographically located in the Caribbean relations with Caribbean brethren may make it seem so. Especially since Guyana was also a British Colony.) British Honduras Now known as Belize Dominica Grenada St. Lucia
India was known as the jewel in the crown, and was colonised by Great Britain.
englands queen is a theif they robbed the indian jewels, these are know known as the crown jewels
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The Dutch surrendered the Colony of Cape in January 1806 after a battle engulfed on the shores of Table Bay. In 1814, the colony ceded outright to the British crown by the Netherlands.
India was known as the jewel of British Empire because of the country's amazing value in trade that no other nation could match.
Kentucky became known for raising horses because of thei horses and because the Kentucky Derby is the crown jewel and first race of horse racing's triple crown.
Yes, they are also known as the jewel in the crown of Africa, they are historically and culturally rich. But they are economically poor.
You can see the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London, in a part known as the Jewel House. They have been kept here since the reign of Charles II.
The territory known as Belize was settled by the British in the 17th century, however it was not until 1862 that the territory became a Crown Colony (British Honduras) governed from Jamaica. The colony achieved complete internal independence in 1964 adopting the name Belize in in 1973. Belize became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1981
Most notably Australia.Clarification: Australia was not known as the original British penal colony. New South Wales was the name of the penal colony. Australia was never a British colony, as the name "Australia" was only assigned to the continent in 1824, and to the country after federation of the colonies in 1901.
The Carolina Colony was originally a proprietary colony, however after disputes of power and ownership arose the crown split the colony into what is now known as North and South Carolina.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_South_Carolina