Hey there, I'm doing some research for a project of mine about the British Empire. This survey is completely anonymous and its super quick I'd really appreciate if you could help me out 🙏

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The Kuwait-Najd War erupted in the Aftermath of World War I, when the Ottoman Empire was defeated and the British invalidated the Anglo-Ottoman Convention, declaring Kuwait to be an "independent sheikhdom under British protectorate". The power vacuum, left by the fall of the Ottomans, sharpened the conflict between Kuwait and Najd (Ikhwan, led by the Mutayr tribe). The war resulted in sporadic border clashes throughout 1919-1920. Several hundreds of Kuwaitis died. The border of the Nejd and Kuwait was finally established by the Uqair Protocol of 1922. Kuwait was not permitted any role in the Uqair agreement, the British and Al Saud decided modern-day Kuwait's borders. Kuwait lost more than 2/3rds of its territory due to Uqair. After the Uqair agreement, relations between Kuwait and Najd remained hostile.

Excerpt From Third World to First: The Singapore Story by Lee Kuan Yew pp. 67

To keep Raffles' statue was easy. My colleagues and I had no desire to rewrite the past and perpetuate ourselves by renaming streets or buildings or putting our faces on postage stamps or currency notes. Winsemius said we would need large-scale technical, managerial, entrepreneurial, and marketing knowhow from America and Europe. Investors wanted to see what a new socialist government in Singapore was going to do to the statue of Raffles. Letting it remain would be a symbol of public acceptance of the British heritage and could have a positive effect. I had not looked at it that way, but was quite happy to leave this monument because he was the founder of modern Singapore. If Raffles had not come here in 18 19 to establish a trading post, my great grandfather would not have migrated to Singapore from Dapu county in Guangdong province, southeast China. The British created an emporium that offered him, and many thousands like him, the opportunity to make a better living than in their homeland which was going through turmoil and chaos as the Qing dynasty declined and disintegrated.

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Vancouver was a Royal Navy veteran of the American Revolution and considered by some to be Captain Cooks greatest protégé.

He is best known for charting the coast from Alaska to California in 1791-95.

I have been pondering about Imperialism and such things and I remembered that the Governor had powers to legislate for ordinances if the Colony lacked a Legislative Body. Could anybody find any colonies that had such things?

Anyone else got some cool artifacts or artwork? I also have 2 Lee-Enfields, a Webley Mk. II, and a 1942 dated Enfield revolver.

I saw this month that between 1850 and 1870 the French Navy under Napoleon III overtook the Royal Navy in technological innovations and raw numbers. What would be the cause of this event, given that the UK despite being the most technological and industrialized country in the world at the time lagged behind in the production of new ships? Moreover, it is difficult to study about this period because for two weeks I have been looking for exact numbers of the Royal Navy in 1870 and I find absolutely nothing, which is strange for such an important nation.