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* Your History teacher asked you to name the country (countries) that became British colonies as a result of the tea trade in the 18th century. Read the texts. Complete the statement with the correct word. Food from the Colonies Spices In 1600 the East India Company was formed under Elizabeth I to compete with Dutch traders in the oriental spice trade. The company was given a monopoly on all goods imported to England from Asia. From the 1750s the company became more ambitious, starting to invade and conquer parts of India. It was now the biggest company in the world, and also an unofficial arm of the British government. When Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837, the whole of India was under British rule, and she was made Empress of India. When she died in 1901, the British Empire had expanded so much that it included one-fifth of the total population of the world. Sugar As tea and coffee grew in popularity in Britain in the 18th century, the demand for sugar to sweeten them also grew. Sugar plantations in the West Indies owned by European colonists needed more workers, so their owners imported slaves from West Africa. A circular trade developed and islands such as Jamaica and the Bahamas became British colonies. Ships from Britain carried cotton and metal goods to Africa, where they were traded for slaves, who were taken on a three-month voyage to the West Indies. They were traded with the plantation owners for sugar, and the sugar returned to Britain. Georgian Britain, especially the ports of Liverpool and Bristol, grew rich on the profits of the slave trade, turning a blind eye to the cruelty and the suffering involved. Tea The East India Company also held a monopoly on the import of Chinese tea, which became popular and fashionable in the 18th century. Trading posts around China such as Singapore and Hong Kong soon became colonies. At the same time, people in America, which the British had colonized in Elizabethan times, were protesting about high taxes on the import of common goods from England. A revolutionary group called the Sons of Liberty began turning back British tea ships from American ports, and in 1773 they threw tea worth thousands of pounds into Boston Harbour. The "Boston Tea Party" was the first of many acts of rebellion that quickly led to war with England and, in 1776, to American independence. Potatoes Potatoes, originally from Colombia, were introduced to England by Elizabethan explorers. Sir Walter Raleigh grew them on his land in Ireland, which in those days was under British rule. The Irish, poor and constantly at war internally or with the English, began to rely on this crop, which was easy to grow and produced a good yield. The poorest families ate nothing else. But in the 1840s a fungus infected the crops and more than one million people died of hunger. Another two million emigrated, mostly to North America, and a de-populated Ireland remained under British rule until 1922.

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Choose the correct word. ___ a goat eat grass?

Read the story and choose the correct statement. My Cat Murka My cat Murka is very clever. She is grey and she has got soft fur. Murka wakes up in the morning and drinks some milk. She likes milk very much. Murka also likes to play with a little ball. She is so cute! I love to play with my pet Murka.

Choose the correct word. My ___ has got blue, grey, and white feathers and a little yellow beak.

Choose the correct word. My cat is 5 years old. She has got small ears and bright green ___ .

Choose the correct word. My dog Nelson is 3 years old. He is big with golden ___ .

Choose the correct word. ___ tortoises fly?

Write the correct form of the word TO BE to fill in the gap. Hamsters ___ small and cute animals.

Write the correct form of the word TO BE to fill in the gap. A lion ___ a big cat.

Read the story and choose the correct statement. My Puppy My name is Nick. I want to tell you about my pet. It's a puppy. He is little and white. His name is Timmy. My puppy likes to drink milk. He likes to play with me. I go for a walk with my puppy every day. I like my pet very much.

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