One of the three main goals of the east india company was to
a. build up the indian economy.
b. create a new british colony in asia.
c. spread british influence and power.
d. establish rulers known as viceroys

The correct answer is C, as one of the three main goals of the East India Company was to spread British influence and power.

The East India Company was a privileged company formed in September 1599 by a group of English business entrepreneurs with the purpose of engaging in trade with the East Indies, thus ending the monopoly exercised by Dutch companies on the lucrative trade in spices.

At the end of 1600 it obtained from the Queen Elizabeth I of England the Royal Charter that granted it the exclusive permission to practice trade with the East Indies for 15 years; It was the first company of its kind in Europe. The first 12 years worked as a regulated commercial enterprise in which each member risked their own capital and in which the membership was not restricted. Gradually, after 1612, it was transformed into a limited company. Rich merchants and aristocrats owned shares in the company. The English government had no shares, but exercised indirect control over it, looking to expand its area of influence and power to the Indian Ocean.

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