HIS 3180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mir Jafar, Cossimbazar, Ambassadors Of The United States
18 Mar 2016
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1686-1690 dispute with mughal empire; eic prostraion. Tenuousness, weakness in india, large powerful states controlling states, even smaller states have more power with eic. Eic loses: eic has to beg for forgiveness and pay a huge ine, no massive military force to back them up, crown not supporing yet. Tension with monopoly, revival group waning to get in on india trade, alternate company, eventually merge, weakness in india and in london. 1717 customs exempion for eic in mughal empire. 1730 extension of company charter to 1766. Company has been successful; crown has been geing lots of money therefore not stepping in. Weakens mughal empire, opens doors for the eic to expand boarders. 1742 extension of charter of 1783 (loan) Seven years war** - real core in europe but its a war that spills over on the enire globe. 1760-2- defeat of french and spanish in asia. 1764-5 batle of buxar, dewan granted to eic.
