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The changing shape of Britain’s empire can be seen in these three global snapshots showing its extent in 1775, 1914 and 2011. The acquisition and loss of colonies was usually an outcome of war and commerce (often tightly bound together). In 2011 Britain still retained a scattering of small possessions, some of them strategically useful. It was also part of the network of Commonwealth nations.
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