Explain the effects of third Carnatic war
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The Third Carnatic War was fought between 1757 and 1763 and it concluded with Treaty of Paris in 1763, which returned Chandernagore and Pondicherry to France, and allowed the French to have trading posts in India but forbade French traders from administering them. The French agreed to support British client governments, thus ending French ambitions of an Indian empire and making the British the dominant foreign power in India. Thus:
Third Carnatic war ended the military and political power of French in India
The French company was pushed to a corner and was confined primarily to Pondicherry.
Reasons for failure of French:
Superiority of British naval power helped them to bring Soldiers and resources from Europe very easily. The lack of naval strength of the French compared to that of the English was one of the decisive factors for the failure of the French in India. The trade carried by the British East India Company was far greater than the French company. The superiority in trade has naturally made the financial position of British was far better than that of French. English East India company was a private enterprise but French company was excessively controlled by government and did not enjoy any autonomy. The recall of Duplex in 1754 A.D was one of main reasons for failure of French.
1. Both English and French wanted profits in trade.
2. French wanted revenge as they lost second carnatic war.
3. Both of them wanted to impose their supermacy in India and become a dominant power.
4. They both had trade rivalries in India
5. Both wanted to sell their manufactured goods in India
6. Both wanted raw materials
7. Even in Europe they where best enemies and did competition in every field