In the 1940s a survey was done where the vast majority of Britons could not name a single colony. More people thought Lincolnshire was a colony than India. Beyond patriotic attempts to raise...
The Suez Canal, which linked the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, meaning that British ships did not have to sail around Africa to reach India, a hugely important route for British (and French...
The empire got trade goods like spice, herbs, fabrics, rice, teaBigger and better empireOpium was a huge export from India, especially into China which created huge revenue for the British Empire.