What was the point of the British Empire?
trade
exchange of goods for new ones (medicine, exotic food)
ports
hoping to find somewhere that can be set up as a stop off on long journeys
ambition
hoping to get rich and famous for new discoveries
power
taking over new countries to stop other enemy countries and getting locals to join an army
religion
trying to spread Christianity
adventure
wanting to explore and learn about new lands
Colony
A country or area under the full of partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country
Empire
An extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch, an oligarchy or a sovereign state