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Queen Elizabeth I started the East India Company in 1600 to develop trade between Britain and India. English became the language used for trading.
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The slave trade began in the 17th century and one part of the slave trade was called The Triangle Trade. Ships would load up with guns and manufactured goods in Britain, then sail for four months to West Africa. In West Africa the manufactured goods were exchanged for African slaves
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The first fleet was a fleet of boats going to Australia with full of people that had commited crimes. This is one of the most important event of how the english got to Australia.