Question

I. Rearrange the following jumbled sentences in the correct order:
I. The first settlements in North America took root and flourished in early Stuart times.
II. By the middle of the 1700s, these scattered colonies had begun to grow into a powerful and
profitable empire.
III. By 1602, both England and the Netherlands had founded an ‘East India Company’ on the Indian
coast to trade with the Far East.
IV. In 1661, Britain gained her first African foothold, seizing James Island on the Gambia River.
V. And gradually the empire grew to a great extent by 1821.
VI. By the 1750s, the British Navy was the ruler of the seas.
VII. Britain had started her collection of overseas colonies in the reign of Elizabeth I.
VIII. By 1763, Britain had won most of France’s territory in North America.

Answer 1

Answer:

VI, IV, II, V, VIII, I, VII, III

Answer 2

Rearrange the following jumbled sentences in the correct order

Explanation:

• Each sentence in the given question is mentioned with some time period so just we have arrange them in chronological order.

• VII. Britain had started her collection of overseas colonies in the reign of Elizabeth I (1533 – 1603).
• III. By 1602, both England and the Netherlands had founded an ‘East India Company’ on the Indian coast to trade with the Far East.
• I. The first settlements in North America took root and flourished in early Stuart times (1603 – 1714).
• IV. In 1661, Britain gained her first African foothold, seizing James Island on the Gambia River.
• II. By the middle of the 1700s, these scattered colonies had begun to grow into a powerful and profitable empire.
• VI. By the 1750s, the British Navy was the ruler of the seas.
• VIII. By 1763, Britain had won most of France’s territory in North America.
• Hence, the rearrangement is done on the basis of time period in which the events have took place.