By what means was the British East India Company able to gain control over territories in India?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Control of the British East India Company
1. India was full of internal dissent
a. Hindu resentment of Muslim rule, warlord rivalry with the Nawab,
popular resentment of heavy taxation, military unrest at overdue
pay
2. British first installed a puppet ruler in Bengal and then used the profits of
confiscatory policies to conquer the Ganges River valley and the shore of
the Bay of Bengal
3. neutralized French competition
a. Britain put together a coalition of Indian clients and mercenaries to
defeat the only regional powers capable of reversing the trend
towards British dominance
4. achieved with native collaborations, and the forerunner of the new
industrial conquests
5. superiority of British military
6. Britain's India was the first big European empire on the mainland of Asia
a. could now seize or clear much of India to grow products that suited
them
b. smothered the potential competition of Indian industries
c. shifted the balance of the world's wealth in favor of the West
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