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The East India Company began in ______ CE.
1599
Queen Elizabeth I funded the voyage of the East India Company to the East Indies, near present-day ______.
Central America
The charter signed by Queen Elizabeth I gave the East India Company a monopoly on all trade between England and the East ______.
Indies
The East India Company was one of the first in a new kind of financial organization: a ______ company.
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At its peak, the East India Company controlled nearly half of the world's ______.
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The East India Company traded mainly cotton, silk, saltpeter, and ______
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The Hudson's Bay Company was formed in ______ CE
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The Hudson's Bay Company set up small trading posts all around Hudson Bay and James Bay in ______ Canada
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By 1837 CE, the Hudson's Bay Company had expanded into the U.S., all the way down to present-day ______
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The Hudson's Bay Company has become one of Canada's most successful retail department stores, as well as the oldest company in Canadian ______
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