The rise and expansion of the British Empire
Union with Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was formed by the union of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland in 1800. The union was facilitated by the decision of the Irish Parliament, in Dublin, in August 1800, to vote in favor of the union passing the Union Act of 1800.
Napoleonic wars
The Napoleonic Wars were between 1803 and 1815, they were a series of conflicts, with the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against European powers formed into various coalitions, financed and controlled by the United Kingdom. It produced a brief period of French domination over most of Europe. The wars stemmed from the unresolved disputes associated with the French Revolution and its resultant conflict. The wars are often categorized into five conflicts, each termed after the coalition that fought Napoleon: the Third Coalition in 1805, the Fourth in 1806 and 1807, the Fifth in 1809, the Sixth between 1813 and 1814, and finally, the Seventh in the year 1815.
War of 1812 with the United States
It was a conflict that pitted the United States against the United Kingdom and its Canadian colonies between 1812 and 1815. On June 18, 1812, the United States declared war on him to invade the Canadian territories belonging to the British Empire.
Other causes of the war are the restrictions on trade imposed by the United Kingdom because of the war in Europe against France, the forced recruitment of American sailors to serve in the British Royal Navy and the British support to the indigenous peoples of North America. who were opposed to the expansion of the United States.