Questions tagged [chartered-companies]
A chartered company is an association with investors or shareholders and incorporated and granted (often exclusive) rights by royal charter (or similar instrument of government) for the purpose of trade, exploration, and colonization.
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How many ships did the fleet of the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) possess at its peak (around 1670)?
The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (1602–1800) was a huge Dutch company primarily earning lots of revenue in the spice trade among other activities.
For this work they needed a lot of ships from ...
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How many British people died due to war/trading activity in the East India Company (EIC)
Are there estimates that give an approximation of the total number of casualities per year or at least per decade (e.g. in the way Wrigley and Schofield report outmigration numbers in their Population ...
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What regiments of the British East India Company were in southeastern India in the late 1790s?
I have been researching ranks and positions that existed in various regiments and civil branches of the British East India Company during the late 1790s to early 1800s. Those aren't as hard as finding ...
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Did the East India Company shareholders get any compensation when the Crown took over in 1858?
If anyone has read the Government of India Act 1858, please tell if the East India Company shareholders got any compensation.
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Was the Dutch State independent when the Dutch East India Company was founded?
How were The Dutch able to build a successful trading empire by 1602 (with The Dutch East India Company) if the Dutch State gained independence after the Thirty Year's War in 1648?
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Did the British East India Company operate in the West Indies? [duplicate]
This question in the Science Fiction and fantasy stack exchange asks about the British East India Company operating in the West Indies. According to Wikipedia, there were a number of East India ...
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Did the HEIC operate in the West Indies as well as the East Indies?
Did the Honorable East India Company (HEIC) operate in the West Indies as well as the East Indies and, if so, did they face competition from other English or British chartered companies?
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What was the size of the British East India fleet at the end of the War of 1812?
There was a recent quote from the television show Taboo, set in 1814, that
"The British East India Company has more ships than the combined fleets of all the nations of the world"
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Where other than Kronstadt did the Russian American Company train its employees?
The Russian American Company (РАК) used to send students of navigation to study at an Imperial college in Kronstadt, then obligate them to work for the Company for a period of years. This was very ...
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What is the history behind the stripes on the East India Company's flag?
Having stumbled across the East India Company's flag, I couldn't help but notice the similarity to the US flag.
However, I would like to know what the history of the stripes on the Company's flag ...
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Why was Calcutta a node in the opium smuggling network prior to the Opium Wars in China?
As per Wikipedia's History of Kolkata page:
After the territorial conquest of Bengal in 1757, the British East India Company pursued a monopoly on production and export of opium from India. The ...
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How large were the East India Company armed forces?
The British East India Company maintained an armed force large and competent enough to subdue and control Mughal India, but just how large was it? How comparable was it to contemporary national ...
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Why did the Dutch West India Company allow Quakers in the New Netherlands?
In 1657 a group of English Quakers arrived in New Amsterdam (the Dutch colonial town that became modern New York City). They were persecuted by the colonial government there for their religion. Then ...
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Why did the East India Company accept the Government of India Act 1858?
In 1858, the British Parliament passed the Government of India Act which contained provisions of liquidation of the Company and transfer of assets and governance to the British Crown.
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How did the Dutch East India Company (VOC) have so much revenue when they only control small part of Indonesia?
According to this, the VOC only controlled some ports, cities (like Batavia/Jakarta) and its surrounding. Yet, it seems to be a very successful corporation, mostly benefiting from the natural ...
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What were the main causes of successful take over of India by Britain?
The East India Company ruled an entire country of huge size for 101 years (1757–1858). During this time they did almost everything they wanted to do and won almost every battle in India.
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