Лінгвокраїнознавство (Середня освіта)

Consider the following point(s), write your answer(s), and attach the paper as a PDF file (250 words max, i.e. approximately 0,5 of an A4 page ): 

What events are associated with the image of England as ‘the mistress of the seas’? Did the role and character of the English tongue begin to change with the establishment of the first colonies in the New World?