Check out the list below of the sovereign ... dates of independence. The British Empire eventually took in about 25% of all ...

Two ex-British colonies ditched the Pound Sterling as their ... to the financial system and new trading treaties changed all that. Canada and Australia dumped the British Pound and took up their ...

Around 1750, the British mainland American colonies had a population of approximately ... 1780: Pennsylvania declares that all black children born slaves will be freed at age 28.

Since we penned the article last week about Patents for the Colonies ... of all the patents there which are. granted only to residents and citizens." We affirm that it is the duty of the British ...

The Pound was the dominant international currency up until the 1940s but changes to the financial system and new trading ...