... , and Labuan, became British colonies with the help of the Straits Settlement and the East India Company. The first permanent British settlement on the African continent was established on James Island, in the Gambia River, in 1661. Following it, Britain acquired the Cape of Good Hope, which is now in South Africa, in 1806. With this, the South Africa's interior was ... , British influence in the Far East expanded with the development of the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States. In the 1880's protectorates were formed over Brunei and Sarawak. The island of Hong Kong became a...

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... for ships. The Carolinas produced rice and indigo. The prosperity of these colonies brought more than 100,000 people to the New World. The New England colonies which were Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts were rockier and colder than the other colonies. They also had a narrower coastal plain that the colonies. Women did not play a major role in business, or ... ...

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