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how much money did the slave trade generate for britain
60 million between 1761 and 1808
how much profit could slave owners made off their resources
800%
how many enslaved people were transported between 1680-1688
60000
when did 80000 purtians migrate to america
between 1630 and 1641
when did king henry reign
1154-1189
when was the hundred year war
1337-1454
how many settlers landed in massachusetts bewteen 1629 and 1640
20000
how many indigenous people were in british territory and when
560000 in 1500
when was the boston tea party how many crates of tea were dumped
1773 and 342 crates of tea
how much did the american war of independance cost britain
80 million
how many brits died as a result of the american war of independance
30000
how many americans did america lose in the war of independance
20000
what was the edict of nantes
gave hugenots free reign to practice protestantism
how many hugenots orginially left france
250000
how much paper was brtian supplying for itslef in 1710
70% across 200 paper mills
when was the east india company set up
1600
when was the battle of plassley
1757
how many sepoys were sent to prison as a result of the refusal of biting the bullet in what year
85 in 1757
how much was the tea trade worth per year
30 million
how many kilometres of railroad did the british build in india
30000
how many bridges did the british build across india
130000
how much did the british invest into india's infrastructure
400 million
by 1900, what percetnage of africa had britain claimed?
32%
when did cecil rhoades become pm of south africa
1890
how many miles was it from britain to india via the suez canal
11600km
what percetnage of diamond reserves did cecil rhodes own
90%
how many british soldiers did brtian send to the boer war
500000
how many boer soldiers were there
50000
what is the scorched earth policy
when the british made the land so infertal no crops could grow , and all the animals were killed
how many died from the potato famine
1 million
what were irish railroad workers nicknames
navvies
what year were there 600000 irish people in britain
1861
what percentage of the army were irish
40%
how many jews arrived in the uk in 1914
120000
how many indians had moved to kenya and ghana as part of the intdentured system
30000
how many jamaicans had served in ww2
10000
whow many brits were killed in the fawlands war
255
how many argentinians were killed in the fawlands war
750
how much did the fawlands cost britain
2.5 million
when was the ecsc formed
1951