The colonies were generally run by British government officials who lived in the colony and not by the indigenous people. Māori in New Zealand, has declined dramatically. The number of speakers of some indigenous languages, like that of the English remains the official language of many ex-colonies to this day. The East India Company and the British rulers did little to help with the relief and by the end of the year, 800,000 people had died from starvation.įor people living in the colonies, British rule often meant that their traditional languages, religions and ways of living were replaced with the English language, Christianity and British systems of government and education. In 1838 there was terrible drought in Agra, which meant many crops and cattle died causing a famine. Since the 17th century, the British-owned East India Company had controlled large parts of India. In 1838, British settlers began to forcibly take lands from the Aboriginal peoples and there were several massacres, in which a large number of people were killed over the following years. The Aboriginal people were met with violence and new diseases brought by the settlers. The 1830s had seen a push for colonial emigration to Australia. This allowed British control to continue and prevented most Black people from voting. In 1838, the British governors of Jamaica made plans to introduce a law that ensured only property owners could vote. The British rulers were concerned that those formerly enslaved could now vote in elections and threaten their power. They were forced to work as unpaid apprentices for their former masters. In Jamaica, the abolition of slavery in 1833 had not actually freed enslaved people. Looking at this single year, we can get a sense of the different experiences of life in the British Empire. 1838 was the second year of Queen Victoria’s reign. However, for the people that were colonised, it brought violence, disease and famine. The empire brought Britain wealth, power and influence. Narrator: By 1913, the British had built an empire which ruled over 400 million people and covered a quarter of the Earth’s surface.
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