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1498
Sea trade routes established
From Europe to Asia. -
Queen Anne I grants royal charter
Gave London merchants to have sole ownership of trade with the East Indies. -
British East India Company establishes first factory post.
Settled on Masulipatnam on the Andhra Coast of the Bay of Bengal. -
EIC granted ability to act as a free entity.
They wanted to expand faster and more efficiently to keep up with competing merchants. -
Battle of Plassey
A war between the EIC and Siraj ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal. -
EIC fights the Mughal emperor and the Nawab of Oudh for control of Bihar and Oudh.
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Sepoy Mutiny
Caused because of materials being shipped in were made of pig fat, which was against their newly acquired soldiers' religion. -
Control transferred from EIC to the British government.
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British Raj formed
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Queen Victoria of the British Empire was named empress of India.
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Salt March
A group of nonviolent civil protests by Gandhi, protesting the new British monopoly on salt. -
Indian Independence