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English overseas possessions in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

Okay kiddo, you know how sometimes people have arguments and fights? Well, a long time ago in England, there were three major fights that lasted for many years. These fights were called the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

During these fights, some English people went to other parts of the world and took control of those places. They did this because they wanted to be strong and have more power. These places that they took over were called overseas possessions.

Some of these overseas possessions included places named Barbados, Jamaica, and Virginia. The English wanted to make money from these places so they encouraged people to come and work there. They also traded things from those places back to England.

But even though the English had these overseas possessions, they still had to fight in their own land for a long time. Eventually, the fights ended and the English could focus on their overseas possessions again.

So to sum it up, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the English went to other parts of the world and took control of those places, which were called overseas possessions. They did this to make money and trade things with England, but they still had to fight in their own land for a long time before they could fully focus on these overseas possessions.