... India Company started of as a simple trading company in London. The original founders were 218 knights and merchants of London. The company received their charter from Queen Elizabeth 1st on December 31st in 1600. Queen Elizabeth's charter to the company gave them 15 years of spice trading in India with a capitol of £ 70,000. The company's ships first arrived in ... them to think of other products that they could trade to other countries. Once they had multiple products such as cotton, spices, coffee, silks, porcelain, and tea, the companies trade services increased, because different ...

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