"In 1877, Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Prime Minister, had Queen Victoria proclaimed as Empress of India. India was already under crown control after 1858, but this title was a gesture to link the monarchy with the empire further and bind India more closely to Britain."
The Mayflower Compact is often cited as one of the foundations of the US Constitution. The Pilgrims in England received a land patent from the Virginia Company and created their own joint-stock company for the enterprise. <span> </span>
