... , British control was extended to Fiji, Tonga, Papua, and other islands in the Pacific Ocean. When the French completed the Suez Canal in 1869, it provided Britain with a much shorter sea route to India. Britain responded to this opportunity by expanding its port at Aden, by establishing a dependent political unit, protectorate, in Somalia, and by extending its influence into those part ... and Burma in 1948. The Gold Coast became the first sub-Saharan African colony to reach independence in 1957. The movement of Britain's remaining colonies in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean toward self...

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