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Passage: Every continued in pursuit and managed to overhaul Ganj-i-Sawai, which resisted strongly before eventually striking. Ganj-i-Sawai carried enormous wealth and, according to contemporary East India Company sources, was carrying a relative of the Grand Mughal, though there is no evidence to suggest that it was his daughter and her retinue. The loot from the Ganj-i-Sawai had a total value between £325,000 and £600,000, including 500,000 gold and silver pieces, and has become known as the richest ship ever taken by pirates.

Question: how many gold and silver pieces were on the Ganj-i-Sawai?

Question: What was the total value of cargo on the Ganj-i-Sawai?

Question: who was on the Ganji-i-Sawai according to the EIC?

Question: what is the Ganj-i-Sawai know for?

Question: What was reportedly the high value of of loot that the Ganj-i-Sawai had?

Question: as times has past what has become know as the richest ship ever taken by Pirates?

Question: how many gold and silver pieces were on the Ganj-i-Sawai?
Passage: When the news arrived in England it caused an outcry. In response, a combined bounty of £1,000 was offered for Every's capture by the Privy Council and East India Company, leading to the first worldwide manhunt in recorded history. The plunder of Aurangzeb's treasure ship had serious consequences for the English East India Company. The furious Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb ordered Sidi Yaqub and Nawab Daud Khan to attack and close four of the company's factories in India and imprison their officers, who were almost lynched by a mob of angry Mughals, blaming them for their countryman's depredations, and threatened to put an end to all English trading in India. To appease Emperor Aurangzeb and particularly his Grand Vizier Asad Khan, Parliament exempted Every from all of the Acts of Grace (pardons) and amnesties it would subsequently issue to other pirates.

Question: Who caused the first worldwide manhunt?

Question: What was the total bounty offered for Captian Every after England heard that the Ganj-i-Sawai was taken

Question: Captian Every was the focus of the first recorded worldwide.... what in history?

Question: What was the name of the council that offered part of the bounty for Captain Every

Question: Who took 4 East India ship and arrested their officers as a reaction to the attack on Ganj-i-Sawai

Question: Due to the danger the Captian Every put the trading abiliy of East India Company what Act would he never qualify for that other pirate were later offered?
Passage: This allowed any English firm to trade with India, unless specifically prohibited by act of parliament, thereby annulling the charter that had been in force for almost 100 years. By an act that was passed in 1698, a new "parallel" East India Company (officially titled the English Company Trading to the East Indies) was floated under a state-backed indemnity of £2 million. The powerful stockholders of the old company quickly subscribed a sum of £315,000 in the new concern, and dominated the new body. The two companies wrestled with each other for some time, both in England and in India, for a dominant share of the trade.

Question: enlish firms were allow to trade with India unless?

Question: what was the name of the second East india company that ended up runnig parallel to the first?

Question: The two parallel East India company had a power stuggle in both England and?

Question: In what year was the Act passed the made a parallel East India company?

Question: The stock holder of the Original East India company rasied how much money to try and deal with the parallel East India Company?
Passage: In the following decades there was a constant battle between the company lobby and the Parliament. The company sought a permanent establishment, while the Parliament would not willingly allow it greater autonomy and so relinquish the opportunity to exploit the company's profits. In 1712, another act renewed the status of the company, though the debts were repaid. By 1720, 15% of British imports were from India, almost all passing through the company, which reasserted the influence of the company lobby. The licence was prolonged until 1766 by yet another act in 1730.

Question: in 1720 what % of import goods were from India?

Question: Who passed the acts that effected the profits of East india company

Question: Who argued against parliament on the trade issue that involded the East India Company
Passage: At this time, Britain and France became bitter rivals. Frequent skirmishes between them took place for control of colonial possessions. In 1742, fearing the monetary consequences of a war, the British government agreed to extend the deadline for the licensed exclusive trade by the company in India until 1783, in return for a further loan of £1 million. Between 1756 and 1763, the Seven Years' War diverted the state's attention towards consolidation and defence of its territorial possessions in Europe and its colonies in North America.

Question: The British Government agrree to extend the licensed for the company in India until 1793 for how much money

Question: What was the big fear that brought the British government to extend the deadline for the trade license for the company?

Question: What was the name of the war that lasted from 1756 to 1763?

Question: The seven years' war changed the British state focus from trade to protecting europe and defending which colonies?

Question: in what year did the Seven years' war
Passage: With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, Britain surged ahead of its European rivals. Demand for Indian commodities was boosted by the need to sustain the troops and the economy during the war, and by the increased availability of raw materials and efficient methods of production. As home to the revolution, Britain experienced higher standards of living. Its spiralling cycle of prosperity, demand and production had a profound influence on overseas trade. The company became the single largest player in the British global market. William Henry Pyne notes in his book The Microcosm of London (1808) that:

Question: what was the type of Revolution that allowed Britian to move ahead of its European rivals?

Question: What was the name of William Henry Pyne book from 1808?

Question: What became the largest player in the British global market according to William Henry Pyne?

Question: What country was the home to the Industrial Revolution?

Question: The industrial revoluntion gave raise to the access to what type of material?
Passage: Outstanding debts were also agreed and the company permitted to export 250 tons of saltpetre. Again in 1673, Banks successfully negotiated another contract for 700 tons of saltpetre at £37,000 between the king and the company. So urgent was the need to supply the armed forces in the United Kingdom, America and elsewhere that the authorities sometimes turned a blind eye on the untaxed sales. One governor of the company was even reported as saying in 1864 that he would rather have the saltpetre made than the tax on salt.

Question: Due to agreed debt what 250 tons product was first permitted to be exported by the company after the seven years' war?

Question: in what year did Banks negotiate between the king and the East india company for 700 tons of saltpetre?

Question: Saltpetre was used for what people, specifically the need for this product had people overlooking untaxed sales?

Question: One of the governor of the company said that he would rather have saltpetre then____ in its raw form?

Question: how much did 700 tons of saltpetre go for in the contract negotiated by Banks in 1673
Passage: By the Treaty of Paris (1763), France regained the five establishments captured by the British during the war (Pondichéry, Mahe, Karikal, Yanam and Chandernagar) but was prevented from erecting fortifications and keeping troops in Bengal (art. XI). Elsewhere in India, the French were to remain a military threat, particularly during the War of American Independence, and up to the capture of Pondichéry in 1793 at the outset of the French Revolutionary Wars without any military presence. Although these small outposts remained French possessions for the next two hundred years, French ambitions on Indian territories were effectively laid to rest, thus eliminating a major source of economic competition for the company.

Question: what year was the Treaty of Paris agreed on?

Question: The treaty of Paris return how many esablishment captured by the British?

Question: The Treaty of Paris prevented France from keeping troops in what location?

Question: in 1793 what war was the french involded in even without a big military presences?
Passage: In its first century and half, the EIC used a few hundred soldiers as guards. The great expansion came after 1750, when it had 3000 regular troops. By 1763, it had 26,000; by 1778, it had 67,000. It recruited largely Indian troops, and trained them along European lines. The company, fresh from a colossal victory, and with the backing of its own private well-disciplined and experienced army, was able to assert its interests in the Carnatic region from its base at Madras and in Bengal from Calcutta, without facing any further obstacles from other colonial powers.

Question: what is the acronym for the East india company?

Question: In 1750 how many regular troops did the EIC have?

Question: in 1778 most of the troops that the EIC had were from where?

Question: what year did the EIC have 26,000 troops in their employ
Passage: With the gradual weakening of the Marathas in the aftermath of the three Anglo-Maratha wars, the British also secured the Ganges-Jumna Doab, the Delhi-Agra region, parts of Bundelkhand, Broach, some districts of Gujarat, the fort of Ahmmadnagar, province of Cuttack (which included Mughalbandi/the coastal part of Odisha, Garjat/the princely states of Odisha, Balasore Port, parts of Midnapore district of West Bengal), Bombay (Mumbai) and the surrounding areas, leading to a formal end of the Maratha empire and firm establishment of the British East India Company in India.

Question: how many Anglo Maratha wars were there?

Question: What empire ended after the three Anglo- Maratha wars?

Question: With the formal end of Maratha Empire the EIC created a firm hold on what country?

Question: Was the Maratha Empire ended quick or gradual?

Question: what country took over the fort of Ahmmadnagar that then became part of the cause for the Maratha Emprie to end?
Passage: Within the Army, British officers who initially trained at the company's own academy at the Addiscombe Military Seminary, always outranked Indians, no matter how long their service. The highest rank to which an Indian soldier could aspire was Subadar-Major (or Rissaldar-Major in cavalry units), effectively a senior subaltern equivalent. Promotion for both British and Indian soldiers was strictly by seniority, so Indian soldiers rarely reached the commissioned ranks of Jamadar or Subadar before they were middle aged at best. They received no training in administration or leadership to make them independent of their British officers.

Question: What was the name of EIC military company?

Question: what was the highest rank an Indian could be in the EIC army

Question: While in EIC army the British officer outrank the indian officer they both promoted based on?
Passage: In 1838 with the amount of smuggled opium entering China approaching 1,400 tons a year, the Chinese imposed a death penalty for opium smuggling and sent a Special Imperial Commissioner, Lin Zexu, to curb smuggling. This resulted in the First Opium War (1839–42). After the war Hong Kong island was ceded to Britain under the Treaty of Nanking and the Chinese market opened to the opium traders of Britain and other nations. The Jardines and Apcar and Company dominated the trade, although P&O also tried to take a share. A Second Opium War fought by Britain and France against China lasted from 1856 until 1860 and led to the Treaty of Tientsin, which legalised the importation of opium. Legalisation stimulated domestic Chinese opium production and increased the importation of opium from Turkey and Persia. This increased competition for the Chinese market led to India reducing its opium output and diversifying its exports.

Question: in 1838 what was the sentence for smuggling opium in to China?

Question: in 1838 about how many tone of Opium was smuggled in to China per year?

Question: what was the title of the person people were sent to if they were caught smuggling Opium in to China?

Question: when did the first Opium war start?

Question: Britian faught side by side with what country in the second Opium war?
Passage: Despite stiff resistance from the East India lobby in parliament and from the Company's shareholders, the Act passed. It introduced substantial governmental control and allowed British India to be formally under the control of the Crown, but leased back to the Company at £40,000 for two years. Under the Act's most important provision, a governing Council composed of five members was created in Calcutta. The three members nominated by Parliament and representing the Government's interest could, and invariably would, outvote the two Company members. The Council was headed by Warren Hastings, the incumbent Governor, who became the first Governor-General of Bengal, with an ill-defined authority over the Bombay and Madras Presidencies. His nomination, made by the Court of Directors, would in future be subject to the approval of a Council of Four appointed by the Crown. Initially, the Council consisted of Lt. General Sir John Clavering, The Honourable Sir George Monson, Sir Richard Barwell, and Sir Philip Francis.

Question: EIC was leased back the land they held in British India by what part of the British goverment?

Question: How much did the parliament lease British india for to EIC (the lease was for two years)?

Question: The British Government created a how many man council in Calcutta?

Question: How many council member weres allow to be from the EIC?

Question: By having 3 members on the council in Calcutta from the British Government they were always able to ____ the two EIC members?
Passage: Hastings was entrusted with the power of peace and war. British judges and magistrates would also be sent to India to administer the legal system. The Governor General and the council would have complete legislative powers. The company was allowed to maintain its virtual monopoly over trade in exchange for the biennial sum and was obligated to export a minimum quantity of goods yearly to Britain. The costs of administration were to be met by the company. The Company initially welcomed these provisions, but the annual burden of the payment contributed to the steady decline of its finances.

Question: in British indian a jugde had to come from where to oversee the legal system?

Question: The highest ranking persons title in British india is?

Question: The highest ranking person's title in British india is?

Question: Did EIC have a monopoly over the governement or trade in british india

Question: Other then money what did it cost the EIC to have the control in trade the had in British India
Passage: Pitt's Act was deemed a failure because it quickly became apparent that the boundaries between government control and the company's powers were nebulous and highly subjective. The government felt obliged to respond to humanitarian calls for better treatment of local peoples in British-occupied territories. Edmund Burke, a former East India Company shareholder and diplomat, was moved to address the situation and introduced a new Regulating Bill in 1783. The bill was defeated amid lobbying by company loyalists and accusations of nepotism in the bill's recommendations for the appointment of councillors.

Question: The name of the Act that was a failure in creating bourdaries for the Crown and the EIC for being subjective?

Question: after the Pitt act the Crown began to focus more on _______ efforts of its people in it territories?

Question: what was the name of the person who was once a large shareholder in EIC and talk to the issues with with the new Regulating bill in 1793?

Question: Was the new Regulating Bill of 1793 passed or defeated?
Passage: This Act clearly demarcated borders between the Crown and the Company. After this point, the Company functioned as a regularised subsidiary of the Crown, with greater accountability for its actions and reached a stable stage of expansion and consolidation. Having temporarily achieved a state of truce with the Crown, the Company continued to expand its influence to nearby territories through threats and coercive actions. By the middle of the 19th century, the Company's rule extended across most of India, Burma, Malaya, Singapore, and British Hong Kong, and a fifth of the world's population was under its trading influence. In addition, Penang, one of the states in Malaya, became the fourth most important settlement, a presidency, of the Company's Indian territories.

Question: by the middle of the 19th century how much of the worlds population was effected by EIC and it trade?

Question: To EIC in Malaya what state was the forth most improtant settlement?

Question: during this time the relationship change between Britian and the EIC. the EIC became more of a what to the crown??

Question: when EIC become more like a regularised subsidiary did they have greater or less accountability to the Crown
Passage: The aggressive policies of Lord Wellesley and the Marquis of Hastings led to the Company gaining control of all India (except for the Punjab and Sindh), and some part of the then kingdom of Nepal under the Sugauli Treaty. The Indian Princes had become vassals of the Company. But the expense of wars leading to the total control of India strained the Company's finances. The Company was forced to petition Parliament for assistance. This was the background to the Charter Act of 1813 which, among other things:

Question: What Lord helped the EIC through his politics, take control over all of india?

Question: in the past the deals under the crown strained the finances of EIC now as they expained throughout India what was the biggest strain on their finances

Question: what treaty allowed the Eic in to the then kingdom of nepal?

Question: While the EIc took over all of India there were, two exception the first being Punjab, what was the Second?

Question: EIC reached out to parliament for help with finances. this lead to which Act?
Passage: The Company's headquarters in London, from which much of India was governed, was East India House in Leadenhall Street. After occupying premises in Philpot Lane from 1600 to 1621; in Crosby House, Bishopsgate, from 1621 to 1638; and in Leadenhall Street from 1638 to 1648, the Company moved into Craven House, an Elizabethan mansion in Leadenhall Street. The building had become known as East India House by 1661. It was completely rebuilt and enlarged in 1726–9; and further significantly remodelled and expanded in 1796–1800. It was finally vacated in 1860 and demolished in 1861–62. The site is now occupied by the Lloyd's building.

Question: Where were the EIC headquarters located?

Question: What was the name of EIC headquartes?

Question: between 1638 and 1648 what street was EIC headquarters on?

Question: Where was the EIC headquarters moved to after 1648?

Question: What building now sits where the EIC headquarters last sat?
Passage: In 1803, an Act of Parliament, promoted by the East India Company, established the East India Dock Company, with the aim of establishing a new set of docks (the East India Docks) primarily for the use of ships trading with India. The existing Brunswick Dock, part of the Blackwall Yard site, became the Export Dock; while a new Import Dock was built to the north. In 1838 the East India Dock Company merged with the West India Dock Company. The docks were taken over by the Port of London Authority in 1909, and closed in 1967.

Question: in 1803 was act of parliament supported by EIC?

Question: the 1803 act created what dock program?

Question: The goal of the East in dock company was first what?

Question: What was the name of the export dock of the EIC after the 1803 act?

Question: in 1838 what company did the East india dock company merge with?
Passage: From the period of 1600, the canton consisted of a St George's Cross representing the Kingdom of England. With the Acts of Union 1707, the canton was updated to be the new Union Flag—consisting of an English St George's Cross combined with a Scottish St Andrew's cross—representing the Kingdom of Great Britain. After the Acts of Union 1800 that joined Ireland with Great Britain to form the United Kingdom, the canton of the East India Company flag was altered accordingly to include a Saint Patrick's Saltire replicating the updated Union Flag representing the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Question: in the period of 1600 what Canton cross repesented England

Question: after the act of 1707 what was the second cross added to the Canton for great britian

Question: IN what year did the canton become a flag with crosses on it and not just a cross?

Question: in wat year did ireland join with great britian offically?

Question: What is the name of the union that Ireland and Great Britian created when they came together?
Passage: "Azure, three ships with three masts, rigged and under full sail, the sails, pennants and ensigns Argent, each charged with a cross Gules; on a chief of the second a pale quarterly Azure and Gules, on the 1st and 4th a fleur-de-lis or, on the 2nd and 3rd a leopard or, between two roses Gules seeded Or barbed Vert." The shield had as a crest: "A sphere without a frame, bounded with the Zodiac in bend Or, between two pennants flottant Argent, each charged with a cross Gules, over the sphere the words DEUS INDICAT" (Latin: God Indicates). The supporters were two sea lions (lions with fishes' tails) and the motto was DEO DUCENTE NIL NOCET (Latin: Where God Leads, Nothing Hurts).

Question: What does DEUS INDICAT mean?

Question: what type of flowers did Gules use?

Question: after the DEUS INDICAT what type of sea animals were pictured?

Question: in the above quote how many ship and masts were indicated?

Question: What animal was listed as part of the four fleur-de-lis in the above quote
Passage: The East India Company's arms, granted in 1698, were: "Argent a cross Gules; in the dexter chief quarter an escutcheon of the arms of France and England quarterly, the shield ornamentally and regally crowned Or." The crest was: "A lion rampant guardant Or holding between the forepaws a regal crown proper." The supporters were: "Two lions rampant guardant Or, each supporting a banner erect Argent, charged with a cross Gules." The motto was AUSPICIO REGIS ET SENATUS ANGLIÆ (Latin: By right of the King and the Senate of England).

Question: The EIC Arms feature what king of the jungle animal on it?

Question: in the arms of EIC what was the lion holding in his forepaws

Question: how many lions were on the EIC arms

Question: what year did the EIC arms include both france and england?
Passage: During the period of the Napoleonic Wars, the East India Company arranged for letters of marque for its vessels such as the Lord Nelson. This was not so that they could carry cannon to fend off warships, privateers and pirates on their voyages to India and China (that they could do without permission) but so that, should they have the opportunity to take a prize, they could do so without being guilty of piracy. Similarly, the Earl of Mornington, an East India Company packet ship of only six guns, also sailed under a letter of marque.

Question: During what war Did the EIC get letter of marque for its vessels

Question: Why did EIC want tthe letters of marque most?

Question: With out the letters of marque what wepon did they have to protect themself that was a part of their ship?

Question: The Earl of Mornington would have how many ___ guns on the EIc ships?