I'm doing an essay for the Boston Tea Party and I can't find anything on the East India Company.
I need to know who founded it and when it was founded. Thanks!
2007-11-14 15:19:48 · 8 answers · asked by allison t 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Jan Pieterszoon Coen started the Dutch East India Company in 1602.
2007-11-14 15:27:53 · answer #1 · answered by kewpie003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
French east India company(Compagnie des Indes Orientales) was started by Colbert in 1664. Dutch united east India company(Veereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) was started on 1602. British east India company(John company) was started on 31 December 1600 by a charter granted by Queen Elizabeth under the title ' The governor & company of merchants of London trading into East Indies. ' .
2007-11-14 21:42:17 · answer #2 · answered by sara k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone from East India
2007-11-14 15:21:51 · answer #3 · answered by Steve B 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"The Company was founded as The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies by a coterie of enterprising and influential businessmen, who obtained the Crown's charter for exclusive permission to trade in the East Indies for a period of fifteen years. The Company had 125 shareholders, and a capital of £72,000." (wikipedia.org)
2007-11-14 15:35:21 · answer #4 · answered by Me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Royal Charter
2007-11-14 15:25:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cape Town - They used it as a stop-over on the route to the Dutch Indies (now called Indonesia)
2016-05-23 05:35:57 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The British...don't know names, or when, but It was a british company in India trading under the mercantile system.
2007-11-14 15:24:20 · answer #7 · answered by Spartan316 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/EAco.html
2007-11-14 15:24:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋