British Trade & Empire

By Bidemi,Sade,Wai Shyang,Kris,Andrew,Jake

Tutor:Mark Gulzar

Trade with the eastTrade with the east• Eastern trading began at the East India Company

• They used silver to buy tea with

• Later they used a product called Opium

Opium was used as a treatment and to trade

Goods shipped to Britain

•A lot of goods were shipped to Britain

•Why were the goods so important to Britain?

TRADE AND EMPIRE IN THE WESTTRADE AND EMPIRE IN THE WEST

•92,500,000 people were in the 92,500,000 people were in the Empire in the West.Empire in the West.

•Countries in the West of the Countries in the West of the Empire included North America and Empire included North America and Canada.Canada.

•The English travelled to other The English travelled to other countries telling them what to do.countries telling them what to do.

SLAVERY IN TRADE & EMPIRE

• Slavery has gone on for over 1000 years.

• British used silver to buy products.

• Slavery started in India.

• If it wasn’t for the trade and empire we wouldn’t have tea or coffee.

• If a slave would not do as he/her was told, they were whipped.

• Weapons were used if the slaves didn’t work.

• If it wasn’t for the trade and empire we wouldn’t have food but the way they treated the slaves was wrong.

Captain Cook

- hazardous

-Intelligent

-curious

*hazardous –dangerous

*curious-explorative

Sir Francis Drake

1577-Sailed on his voyage

-Drake’s offical aim

*circumnavigation-to go right round something

British Trade and EmpireEast India Company

The East India Company began to bring back:•Silks•Spices•Porcelain•Tea•Lots of Luxury goods

In the 17 th Century this trade represented the beginnings of Britain’s Indian Empire

How the British Empire changed the way we eat.

For hundreds of years, trade with different countries brought back new and exotic foods to Britain.•Pinapples•Bananas•Mangoes•Spices

I Think we should all be proud of the

BRITISH TRADE AND THE

EMPIRE

The East India company went to unknown places, and found things that we would never have seen had it not been for them