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1 CE
How it first started
The decline of the region started about 150 years before their peak in 1750. In 1498 when Vasco da gama of Portugal reached the port of Calicut on the southwestern coast of India. On the very last day of 1600, Queen Anne 1 granted a royal charter to some London merchants to have sole ownership of trade with the East Indies. -
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How they expanded
The British were not the only nation interested in the trading of Indian spices; the EIC (East India Company) had to compete with Dutch, French, and Portuguese merchants. The EIC was on a mission to expand faster and more efficiently, which led to the company receiving freedom to act as a free entity in 1670. -
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How they complete governing ability
The Sepoy mutiny of 1857 led to the direct control of the territories previously captured by the EIC by the British crown.