3. Trading Companies

Which company "ruled" India from London?

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• The British East India Company

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• The Dutch East India Company

How did the British East India Company take control of India?

• paid Indian rulers to use their army

• traded peacefully

• hired a private army

Answer explanation

The British traders who set up the East India Company sent young men from Britain and the surrounding areas to India as soldiers. They also hired Indians to be part of their huge army. This is a private company, and not a country, which had an army!

Who started the joint-stock trading companies in Europe?

• merchants

• politicians

• merchants and politicians

• the government

Moscow, in Russia, was an important city for trade in the north of England. Which new direction did the English want to trade in?

• East

• North

• West

• none of these

Which commodities (materials) were very valuable for the British traders?

• pepper

• cinamon

• nutmeg

• tea