The British Empire: A source for good or evil? February 2014 | Page 6

11 11 The British Empire, a force for good or devil? > The foods in the British Empire At its peak, the British Empire was the largest formal empire that the world had ever known. As such, its power and influence stretched all over the globe ; shaping it in all manner of ways. The British empire had a massive impact on the history of the world. The British Empire forced her colonies to export theirs goods to Britain. After that, the British Empire could export the commodities to Europe. Many of the foods we enjoy today came originally from the countries of the British Empire such as tea, cocoa, chocolate, coffee, rice, curry. Doc 1 This is a empire shop ; you can see a fruit merchant, and lot of fruit and vegetable, they come from of different countries.