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[Edited by Antonello Mori] The so-called First English Civil War saw its early stages with a lack of proper battles resulting in brief skirmishes and continuous mediation meetings between Parliament and King. The situation changed in October 1642, when in Warwichshire, in the West Midlands…

[Edited by Miriam Campopiano] Jamaica became an English colony in 1655. As a matter of fact the island was not the main goal of the expedition that eventually took possession of it. When the English troops sailed in December 1654, their aim was to conquer…