What empire lost much of its territory to the British during the 1700s?

The American War of Independence resulted in Britain losing some of its oldest and most populous colonies in North America by 1783. ... Military and economic tensions between Britain and Germany were major causes of the First World War, during which Britain relied heavily on its empire.

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a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”