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because of the jamaican rum, the slaves that they got and many other things. Just like they used Jamaica as a port to supply there ships. They also made a lot of money from it :) jamaican rum...

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England was the centre of the British Empire, England ruled the British Empire, and England invaded countries to make them part of the British Empire.

While England was merged into a union with Scotland in 1707 making it officially The United Kingdom in name and all of them British citizens, a vast amount of the money and the original basis came from England.

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βˆ™ 12y ago

Sugar trade, for which we supplied slaves from Africa - and also for pinching gold and such off the Spanish ships returning from central and south America.

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