mention any two indian goods in which the english east india company traded and why
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Answer:
Cotton cloth spices and sugar would have been most common in the earlier days. The English east India Company is also known as British east India Company and has trade process with East Indies. The company has got a Royal Charter from the Queen Elizabeth on 31st December 1600.
Answer: -Tea
-Indigo.
Explanation:Initially tea leaves arrived in small quantities and were so expensive, that only the upper class could afford them. In fact, tea was once considered so valuable that it was kept locked in caddies.In its early days, tea was consumed at garden parties, giving it an exotic cachet. Lavish parties were accompanied by fireworks and featured fancy flowers and even gambling.Later The East India Company introduced the fashion of adding sugar to tea, leading to more frequent consumption of tea and an increase in the import of sugar.Driven by the increasing demand for tea, what was once an indulgence became a widely enjoyed pastime, and by the late 18th century, tea accounted for more than 60% of The Company’s total trade.
Indigo-Indigo produce to benefit the company as it was used by Italy, France, and Britain to dye cloth. Britain started exporting Indigo in large number. During Indigo cultivation the company started expanding in India to meet the rising demand of Europe.