What was the original name of the East India Company?
"Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East-Indies"
"British East India Trading Company"
"London Company of Eastern Merchants"
"English Company of Eastern Trade"
Answer
The East India Company was originally chartered as the "Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East-Indies." The company was responsible for half of the world's trade during the mid-1700s and early 1800s, dealing in commodities such as cotton, silk, indigo dye, sugar, salt, spices, saltpetre, tea, and opium.
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