This policy lead to the War of Independence that began by Boston Tea Party in 1773 and end up on the 4th of July in 1776 by signing Declaration of Independence.
In the explorations of the southern hemisphere captain James Cook was well-known. He cruised from Plymouth towards Rio de Janeiro around Cape Hoorn to Tahiti than he turned to New Zealand, which was thought as the edge of Antarctic. He explored its seaboard and sailed through the canal between its two islands. From New Zealand he sailed to the west to Australia. This coast had not been seen before, it was similar to coast of Wales, so he called it New South Wales. Than he continued his way around Cape York and he evidenced that New Guinea is an island and explored northern coast of Australia. By the end of 19th century British crown had these domains:
Europe: Britain and Northern Ireland
Asia: India, Singapore
Africa: Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
America: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
Oceania: Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu.