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East India Company
Queen Elizabeth and over 200 English merchants started the East India Company between India and Britain. They called themselfes The East India Company.The English came to India by being used for traving. The British people were the rulers in Calcutta, a town in India. Many of the Indish people learned english and though a whole new world would open up for them. They would be able to experience english culture and get the opportunity to travel to English speking countries. -
The Triangle Trade
In the 17th century the slave trade began and one part of that was called The Triangle Trade. Ships loaded up with British goods sailed from Britain to West Africa, the goods were exchanged for African Slaves. These slaves were sold at auctions in The Caribbean. The ships loaded up with goods and sailed back to England. In 1620 English arrived in The Caribbean.A form of English called Creole were spoken between the sailors and the slaves on the ships. Creole is not a language, is an dialect. -
The First Fleet
The 'First Fleet' was a fleet of 11 ships who arrived in Port Jackson (Sydney) in 1788. The ships held about 780 English criminals whose punishment was to live in Australia for the rest of their lives. Many of the settlers weren't familiar with the climate and nature in Australia. They didn't know how to farm and that made many people nearly starve to death. The settlers tended to loose their accents and because of that, there are few differences in accent and word usage in Australia.
