USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -They created 13 colonies on the East Coast of the continent. Later, when the colonists won independence, these colonies became the 13 original states. Each colony had its own government, but the British king controlled these governments. By the 1770s, many colonists were angry because they did not have self-government.

Detailed explanation-2: -The downsizing process has been long and hard. At its most extensive, the British Empire comprised 57 colonies, dominions, territories or protectorates from Australia, Canada and India to Fiji, Western Samoa and Tonga.

Detailed explanation-3: -The British Empire began to take shape during the early 17th century, with the English settlement of North America and the smaller islands of the Caribbean, and the establishment of joint-stock companies, most notably the East India Company, to administer colonies and overseas trade.