HISTORY
ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION PREHISTORY300 BC
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the British.
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the French.
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the Portuguese.
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the Dutch
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the Chinese.
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Detailed explanation-1: -After military victories at the battles of Plassey (1757) and Buxar (1764), the EIC was granted the diwani of Bengal – control over the administration of the region and the right to collect tax revenue.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Chinese were skeptical of foreign powers, and trading was restricted to certain ports, one of which was Canton. The Chinese government saw this port as a major trading hub and felt that it needed to be controlled tightly to limit the influence of the foreigners.
Detailed explanation-3: -As a result, the British East India Company, which had a monopoly on British trade with China, made Guangzhou its major Chinese port early in the 17th century, and other Western trading companies soon followed their example.