7 While this brilliant colonial strategy was getting under way, they also did what they could to irritate the aSpanish,
8 By sinking all the Spanish ships they could find in the Atlantic,
9 bAnd occasionally unloading them first,
10 Though not always.
11 Then they sent cSir Walter Raleigh and some other Brit lords to the new world to bring back tobacco leaves,
12 Which they didd,
13 Thus showing the Spanish who really deserved to be the Chosen Nation,
14 eSomehow,
15 fAnd eventually, the exceptionally clever British colonial strategy resulted in British control of most of the eastern seaboard of North America,
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16 And the most highly advanced and lucrative of all the European holdings in the new world,
17 gSomehow.
CHAPTER 171 And so the Explorers started the Modern Age with a lot of rushing around,
2 And a lot of discovering,
3 And a lot of important history,
4 Which decided who would have a chance to be the Chosen Nation,
5 And who wouldn't.
6 And the nations who had the best chance to be the Chosen Nation worked so hard that they each made up a history of their own,
7 hWhich a lot of people still believe today,
8 And is how history works,
9 iLife being what it is.
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