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1492
Columbus discovers America
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1518
Sir Francis Drake sails to the West Indies
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Queen Elizabeth I rules England and Ireland
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Britain starts to trade with India
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Jamestown, Virginia, is the first English settlement in North America
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13 colonies in the USA become independent
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First prisoners sent to Australia
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Cape Town, South Africa is taken from the Dutch
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Slavery abolished in all British colonies
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Queen Victoria becomes Queen of England
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Hong Kong is taken from China
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India becomes a British colony
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India becomes independent
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Hong Kong is given back to china
