East India CompanyBy R. Chase Woods

The Establishment

Founded on december 31, 1600Their rival, the dutch, monopolized the spice trade in the east indies the Dutch east india company was established two years laterAmboyna Massacre (1623)trading with india begins

The Victorian Era

China was the sole source of tea for western demandThe British traded opium to the Chinese for tea

The Victorian Era

China was the sole source of tea for western demandThe British traded opium to the Chinese for teaOpium wars (1839-1842) & (1836-1860)

Robert fortune (1812-1880)

BotanistSent to china, as a spySmuggled tea out of china and took it to indiaPlanting tea in india was successful

Indian great Rebellion (1857)

Indians were heavily taxedIndian rulers were dethronedChristianity was forced upon themRebellion was put down by the british (1858)The East india Company was resolved in (1873)

Works Cited

• https://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/EAco.html• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-british-tea-heist-9866709/• http://www.theeastindiacompany.com/index.php/24/timeline/• http://www.opiates.net/• www.heeve.com/modern-history/british-east-india-company.html#establishment%20of%20the%20company• www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/indian_rebellion_01.shtml