East India Company flag
1700
The expanded East India House, Leadenhall Street, London, as rebuilt 1799-1800, Richard Jupp, architect (as seen c. 1817; demolished in 1929)
Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, became the first British Governor of Bengal.
Uniforms of the East India Company's private army,
circa 1843
A depiction of the Boston Tea Party, a result of the Tea Act which favored the East India Company and punished competitors.[THIS LED TO AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE]
The Tea Act was designed by Parliament specifically to help the EIC unload the millions of pounds of unsold tea in its English warehouses. The Americas were the designated recipients (like it or not) of the surplus tea. The act was meant to enforce the EIC's monopoly on tea in the colonies. It would be like theUnited States government forcing all of today's Americans to purchase Apple computers only. Ultimately, the Tea Act allowed the EIC to drive its competition out of business. Colonists deemed this an unfair practice -- government was supporting one business's interests at the expense of the liberty -- and it gave rise to the famous slogan "no taxation without representation
SO EAST COMPANY LED TO REVOLT BOTH IN INDIA[1857] AND UNITED STATES[1773]
Bengali sepoys, Indian soldiers that revolted 1857 against the exploitive practices of the East India Company
| Fate | Dissolved and activities absorbed by the British Raj |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1600 |
| Defunct | 1858 |
| Headquarters | London |
1700
| Colonial India | |||||
| Portuguese India | 1510–1961 | ||||
| Dutch India | 1605–1825 | ||||
| Danish India | 1696–1869 | ||||
| French India | 1759–1954 | ||||
| British India 1613–1947 | |||||
| East India Company | 1612–1757 | ||||
| Company rule in India | 1757–1857 | ||||
| British Raj | 1858–1947 | ||||
| British rule in Burma | 1824–1948 | ||||
| Princely states | 1765–1947 | ||||
| Partition of India | 1947 | ||||
The expanded East India House, Leadenhall Street, London, as rebuilt 1799-1800, Richard Jupp, architect (as seen c. 1817; demolished in 1929)
Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, became the first British Governor of Bengal.
Uniforms of the East India Company's private army,
circa 1843
A depiction of the Boston Tea Party, a result of the Tea Act which favored the East India Company and punished competitors.[THIS LED TO AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE]
The Tea Act was designed by Parliament specifically to help the EIC unload the millions of pounds of unsold tea in its English warehouses. The Americas were the designated recipients (like it or not) of the surplus tea. The act was meant to enforce the EIC's monopoly on tea in the colonies. It would be like theUnited States government forcing all of today's Americans to purchase Apple computers only. Ultimately, the Tea Act allowed the EIC to drive its competition out of business. Colonists deemed this an unfair practice -- government was supporting one business's interests at the expense of the liberty -- and it gave rise to the famous slogan "no taxation without representation
SO EAST COMPANY LED TO REVOLT BOTH IN INDIA[1857] AND UNITED STATES[1773]
Bengali sepoys, Indian soldiers that revolted 1857 against the exploitive practices of the East India Company
