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What was in demand in Europe?

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Indian spices like pepper, cardamom, ginger, etc

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Who had a monopoly over Europen trade?

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Italians

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Who had a monopoly over Asian trade?

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Arabs

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Who carried the Asian merch and where did they sell it?

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Arabs sold it in Europe.

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What was the eastern Roman empire called?

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Byzantium

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Which was the gateway to European trade?

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Constantinople

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Which city was the trade and commerce between Asia and Europe taking place between?

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Constantinople

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When did the Ottoman Turks invade Constantinople?

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In 𝟏𝟒𝟓𝟑

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What were the results of the Ottoman Turks controlling Constantinople?

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  • The trade routes were under their control.
  • They levied too much taxes for the goods passing through the said routes.
  • Trade became unprofitable
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What were the other outcomes of the Ottoman Turks controlling Constantinople?

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  • Spain and Portugal were trying to break the monopoly of the Italians
  • They encouraged youngsters/the youth to find a new route to Asia.
  • There were new inventions such as the compass, the astrolabe, and gunpowder.
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Write about Vasco da Gama

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  • He was a Portuguese soldier.
  • He started sailing from Lisbon
  • He reached Calicut on the east coast of India in 𝟏𝟒𝟗𝟖
  • He was successful in discovering a new sea route to India.
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Who was the first to re-establish trade between India and Europe?

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The Portuguese.

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Write about the Suez canal.

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  • 𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟗
  • Egypt
  • connecting the red sea and the Mediterranean sea
  • Until this was built, the route discovered by Vasco da Gama was used, in which they had to pass the Cape Of Good Hope.
  • Before- 10,800 nautical miles
  • After- 6,200 nautical miles
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Name the European trade companies established in India.

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  • Portuguese
  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
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Write a note on the Portuguese in India.

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  • First to arrive in India
  • Last to leave
  • Francisco de Almeida as the viceroy
  • *Bluewater policy
  • Alfonso de Albuquerque (came after Almeida) is considered the real founder of Portuguese Empire in India
  • Alfonso waged a war against the sultan of Bijapur and won Goa. 𝟏𝟓𝟏𝟎
  • Goa became the administrative center of the Portuguese in India
  • Portuguese had an absolute monopoly over Indian trade for and decade
  • Power declines with the arrival of English and French
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What is the bluewater policy?

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The policy to establish supremacy over water rather than land.

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First Viceroy of the Portuguese?

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Francisco de Almeida

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The real founder of the Portuguese Empire in India?

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Alfonso de Albuquerque

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Write a short note on the Dutch In India.

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  • Dutch are from Holland or Netherlands
  • Established United East India Company In 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟐
  • Aims of UEIC being - business with eastern countries like India, Java, Sumatra, Indonesia, etc.
  • Warehouses in 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭, 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡, 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞, 𝐂𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧, 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦, 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐮.
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What are warehouses?

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The warehouses were places for storing merch. Huge walls were built around these warehouses to provide protection.

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Write a note on the English in India.

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  • Queen Elizabeth issued a royal charter authorizing the EIC to trade with the Eastern companies for fifteen years on 𝟑𝟏 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎.
  • Formally, the business started in 𝟏𝟔𝟏𝟑.
  • The Mughal emperor Jahangir allowed them to start their first warehouse at Surat.
  • 𝟏𝟔𝟏𝟕, Sir Thomas Roe arrived at Jahangir’s court as the royal ambassador from James I’s court.
  • He sought permission to establish factories at 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐚, 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡.
  • 𝟏𝟔𝟑𝟗, the English took Madras from the king of Chandragiri and established a strong fort known as St. George Fort.
  • Later, Charles II, the prince of England, gave Bombay on an annual rent of ten pounds to the EIC in 𝟏𝟔𝟔𝟖.
  • In 𝟏𝟔𝟗𝟎, the English purchased three villages namely- 𝐒𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢, 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐚 on the banks of the Hoogly river and built the Fort William.
  • The city of Calcutta grew around this fort.
  • By the seventeenth century, the English established Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta as the centers of their presidencies.
  • By the later part of the eighteenth century, the English made Calcutta their capital city.
  • They implemented their own civil and criminal procedure codes in the areas that were under their control.
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Who arrived at the court of Jahangir?

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Sir Thomas Roe

23
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Which were the presidencies of the English EIC?

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Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay

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Which was the English’s capital city?

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Calcutta

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Which villages did the English buy on the bank of which river and which fort was constructed on the banks of that river?

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Sutanauti, Kalikata, and Govindapura on the banks of the river Hoogly where Fort William was constructed.

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Where was the Fort St George constructed?

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Madras.

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Write a note on the French EIC in India.

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  • Started as a government-owned company in 𝟏𝟔𝟔𝟒
  • First factory at Surat in 𝟏𝟔𝟔𝟖
  • Other factories at 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦, 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐞, 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐥, 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐚𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐞.
  • 𝟏𝟔𝟕𝟒, Valikandapuram was taken from a Muslim official and developed as a major trade center
  • Dupleix, the governor-general of the French had high ambitions of establishing the French as a major power in South India.
  • His ambitions led to the Carnatic wars.
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Where was the first french warehouse started and when?

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Surat in 1668

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Who was the first French governor-general?

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Dupleix

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What were the consequences of the competition between the British and the French?

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  • The Portuguese and the Dutch withdrew from India unable to withstand the competition
  • French and the English fought for political supremacy over India.
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What was happening during the heat between the French and the English?

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  • Instability rose in the regions of Hyderabad and Carnatic.
  • The French and the English tried to take advantage of this.
  • This led to the Carnatic wares
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Where was Carnatic located?

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The eastern part of Tamil Nadu

33
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When was the Hyderabad Kingdom established?

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1724

34
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Who established the Hyderabad Kingdom?

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Asaf Jha

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What was Asaf Jha’s situation?

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  • His feudatory Dost Ali was not loyal to him
  • Dost Ali was killed by the Marathas in 𝟏𝟕𝟒𝟎
  • The Marathas also looted Carnatic
  • The Marathas imprisoned Chanda saheb in Satara
  • Anwaruddin was named as the Nawab of Carnatic instead of Dost Ali
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When was the First Carnatic war fought?

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1746 - 1748

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Write a note on the first Carnatic war.

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  • La BOurdannais, a French military leader from Mauritius invaded Madras and captured it on the request of Dupleix
  • The British requested the help of Anwaruddin, the nawab of Carnatic.
  • The army sent by Anwaruddin failed to defeat the French at Madras.
  • La Bourdannais took money from the British, returned Madras and went back to Mauritius.
  • This enraged Dupleix and he attempted to take Madras but failed.
  • The war ended with the treaty of “𝘼𝙞𝙭 𝙡𝙖 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚”
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What was the treaty signed after the first Carnatic war?

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The treaty of “𝘼𝙞𝙭 𝙡𝙖 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚”

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When did the Asaf Jha die?

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!748

40
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Write the situation after Asaf Jha’s death

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*The Nizam of Hyderabad, AsafJha died in 1748
*A tussle started between his son Nasir Jung and his daughter’s son Mujaffar Jung for the throne.
*On the other hand, a fight had broken out between Chandasaheb(who was released from the Maratha prison) and Anwaruddin in Carnatic.
*French extended their support to Mujaffar Jung in Hyderbad and Chandasaheb in Carnatic.
*The English extended their supported Nasir Jung and Anwaurddin.
*In 1749, the combined forces of French, Chandasaheb, and Muzaffar Jung defeated Anwaurddin and killed him in the Ambur battle.
*As a result, Chandsaheb became the ruler of Carnatic. Mohammad Ali, the son of Anwaruddin stayed at Thiruchanapalli with the help of English.
*In Hyderabad, Muzaffar Jung became the Nizam by killing Nasir Jung with the help of French and Chandasaheb.
*He got killed after a few days. The French
made Salabath Jung, another son of Asaf Jha as the Nizam of Hyderabad.

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When was the second Carnatic war fought?

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1749-1754

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Write a note on the second Carnatic war.

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