Expansion and empire

• India was rich in natural resources such as iron ore silk copper gold and spices
• Portugal , Denmark , France , Netherlands and Britain all tryed to trade with India
• The British East India Company (EIC) was set up by royal charter in 1600
• The East India company was the start of the monopoly on the English trade with Southeast Asia
• Between 1740 and 1767 the EIC had gained an army for themselves
• Robert Clive - officer in the EIC army who defeated the Nawab of Bengal in 1757 and the French in the battle of arcot in 1751
• In 1783 Warren Hastings returned to England where he faced charges of corruption, abuse of power and murder