In 1816, the United Kingdom annexed the islands, ruling them from the Cape Colony in South Africa. This is reported to have primarily been a measure to ensure that the French would be unable to use the islands as a base for a rescue operation to free Napoleon Bonaparte from his prison on Saint Helena. The occupation also prevented the United States from using Tristan da Cunha as a cruiser base, as it had during the War of 1812.
In 1816 , the United Kingdom annexed the islands , ruling them from the Cape Colony in South Africa . This is reported to have primarily been a measure to ensure that the French would be unable to use the islands as a base for a rescue operation to free Napoleon Bonaparte from his prison on Saint Helena . The occupation also prevented the United States from using Tristan da Cunha as a cruiser base , as it had during the War of 1812 .
in what year did the UK annex the islands?
in what year did the UK annex the islands ?
1816
1816