HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Question
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the British felt that the sun revolved around them.
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the British Empire represented sunlight and hope to the rest of the world.
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the British were hard working and never slept.
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the British Empire had colonies in every continent at one point.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The British empire spanned the globe. This led to the saying that the sun never set on it, since it was always daytime somewhere in the empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -The British Empire had colonies on Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America and Australia. These are all the continents except for Antarctica.
Detailed explanation-3: -The phrase was first made by Fray Francisco de Ugalde, Spanish, to King Charles 1. The phrase was later used when Britain acquired other territories. In 1852, Alexander Campbell used the phrase to express the dominion of Britain and America.
Detailed explanation-4: -Nope. The United Kingdom controls fourteen overseas territories, which are mostly small islands, with some exceptions such as Gibraltar. Because of these, the sun still does not set on British controlled territory.