Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . e British were victorious, and during the nextyear the whole of Canada fell into their hands. 225. The war in India.—While Great Britain was gainingan empire in America, a trading company was gaining onefor her in the far East. From the time of Elizabeth, the EastIndia Company had been carrying on a thriving trade inIndia. The company had three principal settlements or fac-tories: on the west, Bombay; on the east, Madras; in thenorth, Fort William, af
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . e British were victorious, and during the nextyear the whole of Canada fell into their hands. 225. The war in India.—While Great Britain was gainingan empire in America, a trading company was gaining onefor her in the far East. From the time of Elizabeth, the EastIndia Company had been carrying on a thriving trade inIndia. The company had three principal settlements or fac-tories: on the west, Bombay; on the east, Madras; in thenorth, Fort William, afterwards named Calcutta. At each ofthese forts the company kept a small force of sepoys, or na-tive soldiers, under British officers. The French also had asimilar trading company, with headquarters at Pondicherry,near Madras. Dupleix, the French governor, an able andambitious man, was devoted to the service of his formed a plan by which he hoped to stir up the nativerulers of India against Britain, and to drive the British EastIndia Company out of Asia. Preparations were made toattack Madras. ^ 224 HISTORY OF ENGLAND [1748-56. Robert Clive A few years before this a wild, reckless lad, named RobertGlive, had been sent to India as a clerk in the service of the East India Company. Clive dis-liked his clerkship and longed todistinguish himself as a opportunity soon the French threatenedMadras, he resigned his positionand took service as a the capture of the settlementhe was taken prisoner, but madehis escape. He soon becamethe life of the British party inIndia. In 1748, the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle restored Madras tothe British, but this did notstop the fighting between thetwo trading companies. Three years later, Clive resolved toput an end to the French plots, and with a small force sud-denly appeared before Arcot, the most important place insouthern India. The city was captured without difficulty,but Clive was in turn besieged by
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