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The Dutch West India Company (WIC) is a colonial trading company chartered by the Dutch government to engage in overseas colonization. It was established in 162 1, imitating the model of the old Dutch East India Company. The company has the privilege of issuing currency, hiring troops, selling slaves and signing treaties.
The Dutch government established the West India Company to compete with Spain, Portugal and Britain for colonies in America and the Caribbean. The company once occupied the Hudson estuary in North America and established colonies such as New Amsterdam.
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/kloc-in the middle of 0/7th century, the company entered its heyday. Later, due to the British invasion, the Dutch were forced to cede New Amsterdam to Britain at 1674, and the British occupied it and renamed it new york. The West India Company also went bankrupt, and 1674 was dissolved. Later, the Netherlands organized a new West India Company until 1790 was dissolved.
British East India Company, full name "distinguished East India Company", or "British East India Company" or "British East India Company", abbreviated as HEIC or BEIC. The British East India Company has a long history and was founded in 1600, mainly by a group of London businessmen.
That year, Queen Elizabeth I granted the company a royal charter, giving it the privilege of trading in India. The East India Company soon established a colony in the coastal areas of India, and successively sent governors to rule, and also established an army there. Finally, 1756 The British-Indian War broke out, and the East India Company has become the agent of the British government's colonial rule in India.
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With the rise of liberalism and mercantilism, the franchise rights of the East India Company are increasingly disgusted by the emerging industrial bourgeoisie, and people strongly demand the abolition of the trade monopoly rights of the East India Company. With the abolition of the concession, the East India Company declined, and was finally officially banned in 1858. It is worth mentioning that it was the opium dealers of the East India Company who smuggled a large amount of opium grown in India to China, which eventually led to the outbreak of the opium war between China and Britain, and also opened the road to modernization in China.
Fran company? Aise des Indes orientales was founded in 1664 by the finance minister during the reign of Louis XIV, the king of the sun. Due to the late establishment of the French East India Company and the competitive pressure from the Netherlands and Britain, its scale is not very large. Even in 17 19, it was annexed by French financier John Rowe and changed into a Mississippi company. However, the next year, she became independent again.
After that, under the notice of King Louis XV of France, the company began to flourish and occupied many colonies in the Indian Ocean and Indian subcontinent, benefiting a lot. With the outbreak of 1754- 1763, Britain finally drove the French army out of the Indian subcontinent, and the French East India Company declined rapidly. 1789 The French Revolution broke out and the company completely closed down.
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References:
1. (USA) Thackeray: A Great History of the World (1571-kloc-0/689), Beijing: New World Press, 20 14.
2. Shanghai Encyclopedia Publishing House: Cihai (Economic Volume), Shanghai: Shanghai Encyclopedia Publishing House, 1980.