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The Suez Canal greatly increased trade for Britain in India. It provided a much shorter route from Europe to East Africa, India, and East Asia.

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What was the result of Great Britain's strong trade hold over India from the mid-1700s to the mid-1800s?

India became a colony of Great Britain.


What area of Asia did great Britain acquire for strategic reasons in order to protect its trade routes between India and china?

It's Singapore!


Why did Great Britain want to imperialize India?

Economic reasons and those reasons only find out more when you type in did great Britain help or hurt India on GoogleBritain wanted more raw materials and they knew India had vast amounts. Britain wanted to trade cotton for spices from Indonesia but Britain didnt have cotton. So they took over India and got their cotton and raw materials for their industries.With British merchants in control of India's foreign trade and with the financing of this trade centered in London, a three-way exchange developed: the tea Britain bought in China was paid for by India's exports of opium and cotton to China. And because of a rapidly increasing demand for tea in England, British merchants actively fostered the profitable exports of opium and cotton from India.From Michael Parenti's book "Againts empire" we find he says: "The massive poverty we associate with India was not that country'soriginal historical condition. British imperialism did two things:first, it ended India's development, then it forcibly underdevelopedthat country."


Composition and direction of indias foreign trade?

Direction of trade means the destination of our exports and the location of our imports.Earlier it was to Britain that India exported and imported its commodities.Since then it is not the same.(Browse and you'll get the answer for the present scenario of direction of trade) Composition of trade means the items of trade.Better say,the items we export and import.


Which is the oldest trade union in India?

All india trade union congress in 1920

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What greatly increased trade for Britain in India?

The Suez Canal, a man-made waterway in Egypt, greatly increased trade for Britain in India.


How is Britain connected to India?

It is connected through trade and Britain used to own the whole of India


Why did Britain want to have India in their empire?

Trade. Esp. Tea.


Which country dominated trade in India in the late 1700s?

Britain


What did Britain trade back to India?

Britain traded pots, pans, metals, guns and other similar items for silks, and spices from india.


Who was the leader of Britain that opened up India for trade?

Robert clive


What was the result of Great Britain's strong trade hold over India from the mid-1700s to the mid-1800s?

India became a colony of Great Britain.


How did the British economy prosper through the control of trade?

The British empire had colonized the major ports of trade such as India, Africa and the Americas. Spices and other goods from these areas were in high demand throughout continental Europe an Britain prospered greatly by importing and selling these goods.


Why did lord macartney give a letter from king George to qian long?

Great Britain wanted to increase trade with China (: hope this helped


What did Nigeria do that caused Britain to increase its presence there at the end of the 19th century?

the slave trade


What role did tea trade and production play in the british rule over India?

The tea trade and production of tea played an important role in the British rule of India because since Tea was such an important commodity to Britain they needed to get it from either India or China. The tea trade, after all, was the main reason Britain began to rule over India to begin with. Britain no longer wanted to have to rely on China for their supply of tea. Britain began to look for alternatives to China. What they found was India. They were able to produce enough tea to be able to almost completely rely on India instead of China for their tea.


What did the opening of the Suez canal cause Britain to do?

The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 significantly enhanced Britain's maritime trade and imperial reach by providing a faster route to India and other parts of Asia. It facilitated the movement of goods and troops, solidifying Britain's dominance in global trade. The canal's strategic importance also led Britain to increase its military presence in Egypt, ultimately resulting in the occupation of the country in 1882 to secure control over this vital trade route.