A game from Britain is becoming very popular in other countries: snooker.
In 1714, Britain asked clockmakers to make a clock for boats.
In 1764 these colonies had to pay a tax to Britain for sugar from the West Indies.
It is possible that the word Britain comes from an old British word meaning “people of the designs,” possibly from their war paint or tattoos.
It was printed on July 4, 1776, the date of America’s independence from Britain.
The colonists did not want to pay the tax, so they decided to become free from Britain.
The first Europeans to live there came from Britain and Ireland.
And the previous commitments were the secret compacts concluded by Japan with Britain, France, Russia, and Italy before the United States entered the war.
