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	Extracts from the accounts of the British East India Company, 1678 (Catalogue ref: E 140/9/4 f42)


	Study this source carefully. Different parts of the source will contain clues about why the British became empire builders in India. As you study the source, ask yourself:

	What goods are being traded? Where are they going from and to? Is there any evidence that this trade is valuable? What does it tell historians about why the British became involved in India?


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