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The trade in India
Queen Elizabeth I started the East India Company in 1600 to develop trade between Britain and India. English became the language used for trading. -
The first fleet
'The First Fleet' was a fleet of 11 ships, which held about 780 English 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 ever again. -
Arrival in the Caribbean
English settlers arrived in the caribbean in the 1920s. A new form of English called "Creole" was thought to have started there. It was a simple version of the English language. It was spoken between the sailors and slaves. The triangel trade.