East India Company

The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed for Indian Ocean trade, initially with the East Indies, and later with East Asia.

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East India Company

Also known as: EIC · John Company · English East India Company · United Company of Merchants of England, Trading to the East Indies

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The Tea Act allowed the East India Company to export tea directly…
The Tea Act allowed the East India Company to export tea directly to the American colonies under favorable arrangements.
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Explore how East India Company connects to “The Boston Tea Party: One Night in 1773”. The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed for Indian Ocean trade, initially with the East Indies, and later with East Asia.
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