important dates

Question 1

settlement in Jamestown, Virginia

Answer 1

1607

Question 2

first Africans brought to American colonies by Dutch slave traders

Answer 2

1619

Question 3

settlement in Plymouth, Massachusetts

Answer 3

1620

Question 4

Britain drives the Spanish from Jamaica and extends its influence and language into the Caribbean

Answer 4

1655

Question 5

British military victories in India establish English dominance in South Asia

Answer 5

1757

Question 6

War of American Independence begins

Answer 6

1775

Question 7

establishment of a British penal colony in Australia

Answer 7

1788

Question 8

British establish control of South Africa; English becomes official language in 1822

Answer 8

1806

Question 9

Noah Webster publishes his An American Dictionary of the English Language

Answer 9

1828

Question 10

introduction of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell

Answer 10

1876

Question 11

first public radio broadcast

Answer 11

1906

Question 12

World War II

Answer 12

1939-45

Question 13

India is partitioned into Pakistan and India, and is freed from British control; English remains an important national language but not native

Answer 13

1947

Question 14

launch of the World Wide Web

Answer 14

1991

Question 15

text messaging introduced

Answer 15

1994

Question 16

public launch of Twitter

Answer 16

2006