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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Engelska steg 26 Tidslinjen
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East india company
Queen Elizabeth I started the East India Company in 1600 to develop trade between Britain and India. English became the language used for trading. However, some words, which meant one thing in Britain, meant another thing in Indian English. A special dictionary called Hobson Jobson was made to explain the meaning of these words. -
Slave trade
The Triangle Trade. Ships would load up with guns and manufactured goods in Britain, then sail for four months to West Africa. In West Africa the manufactured goods were exchanged for African slaves. They then worked there as slaves in USA. Finally, the ships loaded up with sugar, tobacco and cotton and sailed back to England. England became so powerful because they could manufacture expensive goods from the cheap raw material from America. -
First Fleet
The 'First Fleet' arrived in Port Jackson (now in the city of Sydney) in Australia in 1788. 'The First Fleet' was a fleet of 11 ships, which held about 780 English people. These were not free people. Many of them were criminals who were 'transported for life'. This meant that they had committed a crime in England and as a punishment they were sent to live in Australia and were not allowed to return to England.