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Which Territories Were Former British Colonies?

The British Empire is famous for spreading itself to almost every corner of the globe. An empire is a group of colonies that are ruled by a single power, and while Britain itself has always been quite small in land mass and located far away from many of the places it governed, it succeeded in manifesting the largest empire in history. Which parts of the world were ruled by the British Empire?

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Which Territories Were Former British Colonies?
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    Former British Colonies

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    The British forged the largest empire the world has yet seen. Holding territory on every continent at its height in the wake of the First World War, …

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