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The Normans conquered England in 1066. The Normans came from present day Normandy, France. The majority of people who had little education continued to speak English.
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England lost control of Normandy in 1204. As a result, fewer people in England were speaking French.
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England gained control of Ireland in the seventeenth century. English became the official language.
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The English language diffused west to the English colonies in North America. It began in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607, and Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620.
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England took control of South Asia in the mid-eighteenth century. English became the official language.
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England gained control of the South Pacific, and English became the area's official language.
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England gained control of southern Africa in the late eighteen hundreds. English became the official language.
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After winning the Spanish-American War, the United States gained the Philippines as a territory from Spain.
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The Philippines gained its full independence in 1946. The Philippines named English as one of its official language.
