Check out the list below of the sovereign countries Britain once ruled, along with their dates of independence. The British ...

The British Empire began in the ... most European countries were looking to expand their control in Africa. We can still see the impact of the Scramble for Africa today.

Maps showing the countries that have ditched — and kept ... The Commonwealth was founded as territories under the British Empire started to gain differing levels of freedom — though ...

Some historians argue that the period after the Berlin Conference should be known as the second stage in the British Empire ... countries such as Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa can still be ...