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Jan 12, 1573
Newfoundland claimed in the name of Queen Elizabeth I
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British East India Company established
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Settlement of Jamestown
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British East India Company establishes factory in West India
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Amsterdam handed to British and renamed New York
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Death of Mughal leader brings warfare between East India Company and locals
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British Seize French Arcadia renaming it Nova Scotia
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Treaty of Utrecht establishes British prominence
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Anglo-French war commences
