The original aim of the East India Company was to ________.
A
Colonisation
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B
Trade
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C
Exploitation
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D
Expansion
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Solution
The correct option is B Trade The original aim of the East India Company was to trade. The company was chartered by Queen Elizabeth I for trade with Asia. The original object of the group of merchants involved was to break the Dutch monopoly of the spice trade with the East Indies.