Timeline, English spreads across the world

By uan7278

  • Queen Elizabeth starts the East Inda Company

    Queen Elizabeth starts the East Inda Company
    Queen Elizabeth started the East India Company and so the English became the common language for trading.

  • British colonization of America begins

    British colonization of America begins
    Englishmen who conquered North Amerika brought their own language. Among the first Enllish colonies were Jamestown and Virginia.

  • English arives to The Caribean by settlers and slave traders

    English arives to The Caribean by settlers and slave traders
    Sailors spoke a simplified form of English called Creole what the African slaves could learn and then spread over the plantations where they had to work as slaves.

  • USA officially become a country

    USA officially become a country
    The new country's language was English.

  • Australia, before 1788

    Australia, before 1788
    A relatively few aboriginals spoke quite a lot of, approximately 250 languages.

  • The first Brittish fleet arrives to Sydney

    The first Brittish fleet arrives to Sydney
    The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 ships, which held about 780 English people. These people stayed on the island and thus also English.

  • Confederation of Canada

    Confederation of Canada
    English spread even in Canada