Britain and France become bitter rivals at…

1732 CE to 1743 CE

Britain and France become bitter rivals at this time.

Frequent skirmishes between them take place for control of colonial possessions.

The British government, fearing the monetary consequences of a war, agrees in 1742 to extend the deadline for the licensed exclusive trade by the company in India until 1783, in return for a further loan of £1 million.

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London Middlesex United Kingdom View →

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France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Mughal Empire (Delhi) View → India, British View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → East India Company, British (United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies) View → French Company of the Indies View →

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Colonization of Asia, English View → Colonization of Asia, French View →

Subjects
Commerce View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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