you ever heard of the company FedEx? Imagine if they had horses and ships instead of cars and planes. They also had their own army and covered a huge part of the world. That is the British East India Company. The company was super powerful in several ways. Their connection to Brittan gave them a monopoly over trade and their armies made them able to control their own lands. The British East India Tea Company helped start the Revolutionary war. The British East India Tea Company was originally called
then turns an empty field into an oasis of life. That seed was the East India Company and from that seed, the East India Company transformed England into what it is most famous for today, a vast empire that ruled the majority of Eurasia. The East India Company started out by looking for a means to new trade and connecting to untouched and unknown places. It can be said that the trade routes and posts that were established in India were the true beginning of the empire. After trade had evolved and
posts in Eastern India, the British were able to purchase and trade goods that would otherwise not be available, such as teas, opium, silks and porcelain. Before Governmental control, The British East India Company was able to strive economically as well as in the military. In the following pages I hope to explain how this trade company flourished between the 1600-1800 and the impact that the British government had on the abolishment of the Company. The British East India Company was a trade movement
British East India Company played a significant yet strange part in the Indian. It was, at its inception, a commercial venture in the history of The British Empire, which was established in the year 1600 in the subcontinent. The main reason for entering the subcontinent was trade, making money and importing spices from South Asia. It was the Portuguese who used all their skills and their navigational technology to enter this great area first, and start trade in the most profitable manner they could
military force. Everybody had a different perspective of seeing imperialism as either a negative or positive progress. The Dutch East India Company used imperialism for trade and succeeded throughout many centuries. This imperial nation wanted to control power and territory in order to trade with other countries to gain money and power. The Dutch East
the 18th century was divided, with the help of regional rulers a unified India was non-existent. This meant that regions of people spoke different languages and had different customs, aiding the inability to stop English intervention. This is partly why Fisher thought that joining the East English India Company was a smart move for some families. It is also important to note that the caste system was very prominent in India, and through this caste system families arranged marriages and stayed in
established many colonies in Asia, Africa, and America. One of the most successful colonies they established was in India. In 1600, the East India Company received a Royal Charter from Queen Elizabeth to begin trading into the East Indie. Shortly after the establishment of the East India Company in India, the company began interacting with multiple countries in Asia, such as Malaysia, Singapore, India, and China. However, these interactions also caused great revolt among the empire when the “1857 rebellion”
In 1600 a group of London put in the East India Company. Queen Elizabeth I allowed it a monopoly of English commerce with ‘the East’ and at its height, it ruled half the world’s trade. Its first ships attained in India in 1608. For 250 years its trading activities - followed by hypnotization and colonization - profoundly affected both India and Britain, moving forward to the establishment of the British Empire (Raj). The East India Company rapidly established plentiful trading bases along India’s
The relationship between Britain and Indian begins with trade. The British presence within India began simply as a result of trade. There was wealth to be found within India, goods and materials more abundant within this country. Through trade connections, the East Indian Company had the ability to trade goods such as salt, Indigo dye, and silk. The East Indian Company with its access to valuable material would over time become a major player in the trading industry, accounting for a large percentage
In 1707, The Mughal Empire was collapsing while the east india company (Britain) was using this as an advantage to take power over india,by 1757 after the battle of plassey they have taking rule over india leading them to use india for its resource/workforce.The laws created by the British had a structured government,but was strucerd to control the indians.Raw resources from india was moved to east india company control which ,however lead to the need of a workforce.British control as far as it goes
The East India Company’s impact on England: Saltpeter, Tea, and Transcontinental Trade. The English East India Company played a key role in the formation of Britain as an empire. Through transcontinental trade, the company acquired massive amounts of wealth, that trickled down to merchants, and skilled labourers throughout England. The monopoly granted to the Company on tea and saltpeter allowed the East India Company to assist in transforming Britain’s economy, as well as contributing to the political
Britain Made The Modern World by Niall Ferguson. Summary of Evidence After the Battle of Plussey in 1757, Britain gained a much control over India. The British East India Company exercised power in this region instead of the Queen of England. The Company brought British soldiers and missionaries to the foreign land. The military in India was comprised of European troops and Indian troops resulting in a variety of weapons present. The weapons of the English people were a lot more different
Between the years 1600 and 1950 british used the land of India to their advantage. During this time, British expansion was at its prime. As time went on Indian culture slowly morphed more and more into British culture. British Tradition became the new normal for the people of india. Most of the indian inhabitants worked as plantation slaves, where they spent their life starving and sweating. They starved because the crops that they harvested were sold by british plantation owners. Cash crops like
explore the ways British colonization shaped Indian Culture. The Honourable East India Company, also known as the East India Company, was a British joint-stock company formed by a group of merchants with the objective of pursuing prospective trading opportunities in the far east. The far east was abundant with spices, however, trade would be risky and require a heavy capital investment, which most companies were unable to provide. Although
Globalisation Assessment Task 3: Research Essay Question 1: Why can European colonialism be seen as an earlier form of Globalisation? Colonialism is defined as the exploitation of a weaker country by a stronger country with the goal of strengthening and enriching the resources of the dominant country. European colonialism of its last five centuries shared similarities with other previous colonialisms such as the Egyptians, Phoenicians, Greeks and the Romans, but differed greatly from them (Macqueen
Colonization for the British first began in 1591 when the merchant Sir James Lancaster had been commissioned to set sail by Commander Sir Francis Duke towards the East Indies. Sir James would continue to sail until in September 1592, he would land in Penang remaining there for two years pillaging any rival European ships that were to harbor there. Returning to Britain in 1594 and relaying the news of this newly found area, the British would not become a major participant in Penang’s history until
market. During that period the economies of India, China and Britain were connected to one another in a trade that was one of the most important connection as a role in the global market. The opium trade started in the 17 century the drug was just shipped from Portuguese Goa in Portuguese and British ships, the opium was held by a monopoly who was controlled by the Dutch. Taking the opium in EIC vessels was really criticized by the directors of the London Company, for incurring losses and putting in danger
of India. When the East India Company took control of India in 1612, they began modernizing, westernizing, and industrializing India. This westernization included giving women more rights, an attempt to eliminate the caste system and the loss of many of the more backward Hindu religious beliefs such as the domination of women by men and denying an entire class of people any rights. British occupation also did things long term for India. The modern technology and western customs allowed India to
they gradually tied their strong bonds through competitive trade markets. One of the key institutions, the East India Company, expanded their military force and monopolized the Indian market that was a sign of colonizing India as it weakened its power. Also, through a systemic disrespect in the company, a seed of Protestantism grew together and that created tensions between the East India Company and the local religious/cultural communities which continued to become hostility of rebellion in the mid-18th
The control of India would always be the crowning jewel in the vast vaults of the British Empire. India brought them riches that only they could supply, in spices and exotic food, cotton, silk, indigo dye, tea, and opium. With the help of all these riches it can almost be said that the British Empire was built on the backs of Indians. Due to this fact, Indian independence was a tough issue and England was hard pressed to let her go easily. But India was not always a British colony and has its own