Question

what was the difference between the french and english east india company

Answer 1

Britain and French were vastly different nations politically. Britain was a constitutional monarchy, France was an absolute monarchy. This meant that there were legal differences in who/what the companies were responsible to. The English (later British) East India Company was responsible to the British Parliament. The French Company had no such legislature to answer toThe French Company had difficult gaining support from French merchants; the British Company had no such problems. Despite being un-influential until the late Stuart period, the British Company had more funding, both from its shareholders and from the British state. In the case of the French Company, Louis XIV himself was the biggest investorThe British East India Company was able to increase in power, particularly after the Restoration in 1660. The French Company, meanwhile, didn’t fare so well. Financial difficulties meant that, after a brief flowering period, the French Company made little money and by 1680 many ships were in need of repairThe French Company was revived, while the British one was not. The revived French Company gained access to the trading port of Mahé in Malabar, India, in 1724. By 1740 its trade value was half that of the British Company and it was ultimately defeated in the ensuing Seven Years’ War (1756–63). Pondicherry, the capital of French India, was captured in 1761

Answer 2

Britain and French were vastly different nations politically. Britain was a constitutional monarchy, France was an absolute monarchy. This meant that there were legal differences in who/what the companies were responsible to. The English (later British) East India Company was responsible to the British Parliament. The French Company had no such legislature to answer to

The French Company had difficult gaining support from French merchants; the British Company had no such problems. Despite being un-influential until the late Stuart period, the British Company had more funding, both from its shareholders and from the British state. In the case of the French Company, Louis XIV himself was the biggest investor

The British East India Company was able to increase in power, particularly after the Restoration in 1660. The French Company, meanwhile, didn’t fare so well. Financial difficulties meant that, after a brief flowering period, the French Company made little money and by 1680 many ships were in need of repair

The French Company was revived, while the British one was not. The revived French Company gained access to the trading port of Mahé in Malabar, India, in 1724. By 1740 its trade value was half that of the British Company and it was ultimately defeated in the ensuing Seven Years’ War (1756–63). Pondicherry, the capital of French India, was captured in 1761