Colonialism and the British Empire
At the height of the British Empire, Britain ruled almost p quarter of the earth's surface
The English colonization of North America had begun asently
as 1500 The colonization of Canada proceeded quite separately from that of America After the Treaty of Parn of 1763, in
wrested control of most of eastern Canada from this French The practice of transporting cheap black labour from Western
Africa to the New World was adopted by the British in the early 17th Century The British had
established numerous outposts in the Caribbean Due to the deliberate practice of shipping slaves of different language backgrounds together (m an attempt to avoid plots and rebellions), the capitives developed their own English-based pidgin language In 1788, Britain established its first penal colony in Sydney, Australia. The Australian
Aborigines were nomadic and reclusive, so the loanwords they contributed to English were few and mainly limited to local plant and animal nare
New Zealand began to be settled by European whalers and minonanes in the 17900 New Zealand was keen to emphasize its national identity, and this influenced its own version of English, as did the incorporation of native Maori words into the language British settlement in South Africa b began in earnest in 1820 A distinctive homogeneous
accent developed over time, drawing from the various different groups of settlers In West Africa, the English trading influence began as early as the end of the 15th CenturyIn this language rich and highly multilingual region several English-based pidgins and creoles arose Sierra Leone, Ghana, Gambia, Nigeria and Cameroon were all run as British Crown
Coldnies in the 19th Century
In East Africa, British trade began around the end of the 16th Century Six modem East African states with a history of 19th Century British imperial rule (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe), gave English official language status on achieving independence in the 1960s
During the period of British sovereignty in India (the "Raj", from 1765 until partition and
independence in 1947. English became the medium of administration and education throughout the Indian sub-continent. English also became the language of power and elite education in South-East Asia, initially
through its trading territories in Penang, Singapore Malacca and Hong Kong
2. According to the text, give examples of the impact of the English language on three colonies? (De acordo com o texto, dá exemplos do impacto da língua inglesa em três colônias?)
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