What was the "jewel in the crown" of the british empire? burma laos india egypt

The correct answer is India, as that territory was considered the "jewel in the crown" of the British Empire.

From 1770 to 1947, India was part of the British Empire and was its most important colony. They called it the jewel of the Crown because of its size and wealth, with its almost 5,000,000 km2 and 300,000,000 inhabitants, and its supply of cotton, jute, wheat, oil, tea and minerals, which were provided at a very low cost to Great Britain.

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.

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