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Part I – READING COMPREHENSION – Read the following text and answer questions 1 to 10.
THE BRITISH EMPIRE – A FLOURISHING POWER
The long 17th century was the period mainly of woollen textiles; imports included sugar,
in which Britain rose to a dominant 20 tobacco and other tropical groceries.
position among European trading The triangular slave trade had begun to supply these
empires and became the first western Atlantic colonies with African labour, for work on
5 nation to industrialise. In 1688 tobacco, rice and sugar plantations. Trade and
England and Wales had a population settlement also occurred in Asian waters. Overseas
of 4.9 million and the internal 25 commerce was conducted through the Navigation Acts,
economy was still largely based on which stipulated that all commodity trade should take
agricultural work and production. place in British ships, manned by British seamen,
10 Then, domestic industry flourished, with many workers trading between British ports and those within the
pursuing dual occupations on a seasonal basis in empire.
industry and agriculture. Merchants sent out ships to
30 Despite these developments, in 1688 Britain was still a
trade with North America and the West Indies, where
vulnerable competitor in overseas colonies and trade –
England had established a network of colonies.
its rivals were the trading empires of France and the
15 Some 350,000 people had emigrated from England Netherlands, as well as Spain and its client state,
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