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Imperium Britania pernah, pada suatu masa, dijuluki dengan "''kerajaan di mana matahari tak pernah tenggelam''" karena wilayahnya membentang sepanjang bola dunia dan menyebabkan matahari selalu bersinar, paling tidak di salah satu dari begitu banyak koloninya.
==Latar belakang: Inggris Imperium==
<!--==Background: English Empire==
===Perkembangan Imperium seberang lautan ===
===Growth of the overseas empire===
[[Image:Johncabotbonavista.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Statue ofPatung [[John Cabot]] indi [[Newfoundland]], England'skoloni seberang firstlautan overseaspertama colonyInggris.]]
TheImperium overseasBritania Britishseberang Empirelautan (indalam thepengertian senseeksplorasi oflautan Britishdan oceanicpemukiman explorationBritania anddi settlementluar outsideEropa of Europe and thedan [[BritishKepulauan IslesBritania]]) wasberakar rootedpada inkebijakan-kebijakan theyang pioneeringberakar maritimedalam kebijakan-kebijakan policiesmaritim ofrintisan thedari EnglishRaja KingInggris [[Henry VII ofdari EnglandInggris|Henry VII]], whoyang reignedberkuasa fromdari 1485 tohingga 1509. BuildingHenry, onyang commercial linksmembangun inberdasarkan thejaringan komersial dalam [[woolperdagangan tradewol]] promoted duringyang thedipromosikan reignpada ofmasa hispemerintahan predecessorpendahulunya KingRaja [[Richard III ofdari EnglandInggris|Richard III]], Henry established the modernmembangun Englishsistem [[merchantpelaut marinepedagang]] system,Inggris whichyang greatlymodern, expandedyang Englishsangat shipbuildingmemperluas andindustri seafaring.pembangunan Thekapal merchantInggris marinedan alsopelayarannya. suppliedPelaut thepedagang basisini forjuga thememasok mercantiledasar institutionsbagi thatlembaga wouldpasar playyang suchkelak amemainkan crucialperanan rolepenting indi [[KingdomKerajaan of EnglandInggris|EnglishInggris]] anddan, aftersetelah thepenyatuan union withdengan [[ScotlandSkotlandia]] inpada [[1707]], perusahaan-perusahaan kerajaan [[KingdomKerajaan ofBritania Great BritainRaya|BritishBritania]] imperial ventures, including thetermasuk [[Massachusetts Bay Company]] and thedan [[BritishPerusahaan EastHindia IndiaTimur CompanyBritania]]. Henry'sPembaruan financialfinansial reforms madeHenry themembuat [[EnglishPerbendaharaan ExchequerBritania]] solventmakmur, whichyang helpedmembantu tomenjamin underwritepengembangan thePelaut development of the Merchant MarinePedagang. Henry alsojuga orderedmemerintahkan construction of the first Englishpembangunan [[drydok dockkering]] Inggris pertama, atdi [[Portsmouth]], anddan mademembuat improvements toperbaikan-perbaikan England's smallterhadap [[RoyalAngkatan Laut Kerajaan Navy|navyAngkatan Laut]] Inggris yang kecil. AdditionallySelain itu, Henry sponsoredjuga themensponsori voyages ofpelayaran-pelayaran thepelaut [[Italy|ItalianItalia]] mariner [[John Cabot]] inpada 1496 anddan 1497 thatyang establishedmembangun England'skoloni firstseberang overseaslautan colonyInggris -yang apertama fishing– settlementsebuah -pemukiman inpenangkapan ikan – di [[Newfoundland]], whichyang Cabotdiklaim claimed onCabot behalfatas ofnama Henry.
<!--===Henry VIII and the rise of the Royal Navy===
The foundations of sea power, having been laid during [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]]'s reign, were gradually expanded to protect English trade and open up new routes. King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] founded the modern English navy (though the plans to do so were put into motion during his father's reign), more than tripling the number of warships and constructing the first large vessels with heavy, long-range guns. He initiated the Navy's formal, centralised administrative apparatus, built new docks, and constructed the network of [[beacon]]s and [[lighthouse]]s that greatly facilitated coastal [[navigation]] for English and foreign merchant sailors. Henry thus established the [[munitions]]-based [[Royal Navy]] that was able to hold off the [[Spanish Armada]] in 1588, and his innovations provided the seed for the imperial navy of later day.
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