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John Cabot crossed the Atlantic from England, so other explored continued to look for new lands during the following century
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This event gave Britain confidence to developed her own influence
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Caribbean Islands like Bermuda, The Bahamas and Barbados were also taken by Britain during the 1600s
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They founded Virginia the first of thirteen permanent colonies along the east coast of North America
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Bengal, in the north of India, came under the control of the East India Company
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In that war Britain and France were in opposite sides. Finally won Britain and France had to give them most of their land in North America
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Even losing the American Colonies i 1776 couldn´t stop Britain´s power. James Cook found the new colonie of Australia during explorations
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The Cape in Africa was taken from the Dutch by the British. AND IN THE 19 CENTURY David Livingstone, Henry Morton and others helped to open the way north into the centre of the continent
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The colonist arrived at New Zealand
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The British Government finally took over officially this part of India and The Company
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By the early part of the 20 century Britain ruled over a quarter of the world and had the largest empire in history