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MaxineNearly all members of the Commonwealth of Nations were at one time under British Jurisdiction, by realm, colony, dominion or protectorate.
Two nations however are member states, that do not fall into this category, Mozambique and Rwanda.
Mozambique and Rwanda were nations that were under French control before their independence.
Mozambique (former colony of Portuguese)
Namibia (former colony of Germany and South Africa)
Rwanda (former colony of Germany & Belgium)
Samoa (former colony of Germany & New Zealand)
Gabon and Togo (former colony of France)
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What phrase describes the size of the British empire?
The sun never sets on the British Empire.
Colonies of the british empire never extended to which continent in some point in history?
Antarctica was the only continent without a British connection during its Empire stage.
Give a brief description of the british empire?
The British Empire was a group of colonies which had sworn their services and troops to their mother country - Britiain. If there was a war, all of the colonies were automatically entered; just like the Australians were in WW1.but the English is way stronger and will kill the australiansnAt its time around 1920, the British empire was the largest ever known, reputed to cover a quarter of the world's land area, and a fifth of its population.Britain made sure its benefits accrued to her exclusively, by a series of Navigation Acts passed in the mid-17th cent.
Who said Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country?
: Bertrand Russell: British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
How does the map illustrate the phrase that the sun never sets on the British empire?
When that phrase was born it was really true. It meant if you looked at a globe of that time you could readily see British colonies or territories spread widely over the globe, so it was daytime in one or another of them all the time. This vast empire disintegrated in the first half of the twenty century. It's technically true today but only because of a handful of people
