British Commerce And Colonies From Elizabeth to Victoria
The book British Commerce And Colonies From Elizabeth to Victoria was written by author Gibbins, Henry De Beltgens, 1865-1907 Here you can read free online of British Commerce And Colonies From Elizabeth to Victoria book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is British Commerce And Colonies From Elizabeth to Victoria a good or bad book?
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Now, it was the policy of Dupleix to win over to the French side the Nawab of the Karnatic who ruled the district in which both the French and English factories stood. However, the Nawab was friendly to the English, but by various intrigues a revolution was effected which placed a prince who was friendly to the French upon the throne. Thereupon the English adopted the cause of a rival, Mahommed Ali, then Governor of Trichinopoli, and, before long, war broke out again, begin- ning this time with... an attack by the Nawab of the Karnatic and the French upon Trichinopoli, which the English forces helped to defend. 1 The Marhattas were originally Hindu robber clans living in the W. Ghats around Bombay, who became formidable towards the end of the 1 7th century, under their leader, Sivaji, and levied systematic black- mail throughout Southern India. Afterwards they became a formid- able confederacy of states under a " Peishwa " or chief. 70 BRITISH COMMERCE. 48. Olive. It was at this time that Robert Clive came to the front.
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