British East India Company - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

The Fox–North coalition was dismissed after an attempt to regulate this body failed, leading Pitt the Younger to restrict this body’s independence by appointing a Board of Control. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this trading company that faced a series of regulating reforms in the late 18th century that once controlled much of the trade from a namesake subcontinent.

ANSWER: British East India Company [or BEIC; accept English East India Company; accept Honorable East India Company or HEIC; prompt on East India Company or EIC]

[10m] The regulations were partially prompted by the company’s increased power after it seized a series of Diwani rights to this region after the battles of Buxar and Plassey.

ANSWER: Bengal [or Bānglā; or Bôngô]

[10h] The company authorized these hereditary landlords to collect taxes and manage plantations in Bengal under the Permanent Settlement. The name of these people comes from the word for “landowner” in Persian.

ANSWER: zamindars [or zômindars; or jamīdārs; or jômidars]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	24.00	100%	100%	40%
Canada	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	100%	20%
Florida	Main	Y	12	13.33	92%	42%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	5	10.00	80%	20%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	20.00	86%	86%	29%
Midwest	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	63%	13%
North	Main	Y	10	18.00	90%	50%	40%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	12.00	80%	40%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	19.00	90%	70%	30%
South Central	Main	Y	5	10.00	60%	40%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	1	10.00	0%	100%	0%
UK	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	16.25	88%	50%	25%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	16.25	100%	63%	0%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%

Data


Berkeley B	Berkeley D	10	10	10	30
Berkeley E	UCSC	10	10	10	30
Stanford B	Berkeley F	10	10	0	20
Berkeley A	Stanford C	10	10	0	20
Claremont Scripps	USC	10	10	0	20
UCLA B	UCLA C	10	10	0	20
UCSB	UCI	10	10	10	30
UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	Claremont Pitzer	10	10	0	20
UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	10	10	0	20
Stanford A	Berkeley C	10	10	0	20
Ottawa	Guelph A	10	10	0	20
McMaster B	McMaster A	0	0	0	0
Queen's B	Toronto G	10	0	0	10
Toronto A	McGill A	10	10	0	20
Toronto D	Toronto C	10	0	0	10
Toronto F	Toronto I	10	0	0	10
Toronto H	McGill B	10	0	0	10
Toronto E	Toronto J	10	0	0	10
Toronto K	Western Ontario	10	10	0	20
Toronto B	Toronto Metropolitan	10	10	0	20
McMaster C	Waterloo	10	0	0	10
Queen's A	Guelph B	10	10	0	20
Melbourne A	USF	10	0	0	10
UF A	ERAU A	10	0	0	10
UCF A	UF B	10	10	0	20
UF E	ERAU B	10	0	0	10
UCF B	UF C	0	0	0	0
CWRU A	Kenyon A	10	10	10	30
OSU B	CWRU D	10	10	0	20
OSU A	MSU A	0	10	0	10
Pitt C	OSU C	10	0	0	10
OSU D	MSU B	10	10	10	30
Pitt B	CWRU C	10	10	0	20
Pitt A	Kenyon B	10	10	0	20
Clemson A	North Carolina C	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Clemson B	10	10	0	20
Tennessee A	North Carolina A	10	10	0	20
North Carolina B	Roanoke	10	10	10	30
Tennessee B	Liberty C	10	0	0	10
Liberty B	Tusculum	10	0	0	10
Virginia Tech B	Virginia A	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech A	Virginia B	10	0	0	10
George Mason B	Johns Hopkins C	10	0	0	10
Penn A	George Mason C	10	0	10	20
Maryland B	George Washington B	10	10	10	30
Maryland A	George Mason A	10	10	0	20
Maryland C	Notre Dame E	10	0	0	10
NYU A	Maryland D	10	10	10	30
Georgetown B	NYU B	0	0	0	0
Georgetown A	UMBC A	10	10	10	30
VCU A	Penn B	10	10	0	20
Catholic University	Johns Hopkins B	10	0	0	10
Columbia A	Rutgers B	10	10	0	20
Princeton A	Vassar A	10	0	0	10
Columbia C	Rutgers C	0	0	0	0
Swarthmore A	Rowan A	10	0	0	10
Lehigh A	Lehigh B	10	10	0	20
Missouri A	Truman State	10	10	0	20
WashU A	SIUE	10	10	0	20
WashU B	WashU D	10	0	0	10
Missouri B	William Woods	10	10	0	20
Illinois B	Chicago A	10	0	0	10
Illinois A	Notre Dame C	0	10	10	20
Illinois C	Notre Dame A	10	10	0	20
Chicago C	Indiana B	10	10	0	20
Michigan A	Louisville A	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame B	Michigan C	10	10	0	20
Purdue A	Michigan D	10	0	0	10
Chicago D	Purdue B	10	10	10	30
UIC	Purdue C	10	0	0	10
Nebraska	Macalester B	10	0	0	10
Minnesota A	St. Thomas	10	10	0	20
Minnesota B	Iowa State	0	0	0	0
Macalester A	Minnesota C	0	0	0	0
Wisconsin	Carleton	10	10	0	20
Yale B	Bowdoin A	0	10	0	10
Simon Fraser	Alberta	10	0	0	10
British Columbia A	British Columbia B	10	10	0	20
Indiana A	Chicago B	10	10	0	20
Washington B	Washington A	10	0	0	10
British Columbia D	British Columbia C	10	0	0	10
UTD B	Rose State	10	0	0	10
Texas A	Iowa	10	10	10	30
Texas B	Northwestern B	10	10	10	30
UCO	Northwestern A	10	10	0	20
Auburn A	Sewanee A	10	10	0	20
Bruin A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech C	Mississippi State A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	UAB A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech B	Huntsville A	10	0	0	10
Auburn B	Huntsville B	10	0	0	10
Vanderbilt A	Alabama B	10	0	0	10
Alabama A	Vanderbilt B	10	10	0	20
Alberta B	Tulsa	10	10	0	20
Arizona State A	UTD A	10	0	0	10
McGill D	Arizona State B	10	0	0	10
Ohio	Northwestern C	0	0	0	0
Cambridge A	Bristol A	10	10	0	20
Warwick B	LSE B	10	10	0	20
Edinburgh B	Manchester B	10	10	10	30
Cornell-DII	RIT A	10	0	0	10
RIT B	Binghamton A	10	0	0	10
Rochester	Binghamton B	0	0	0	0
ESF	Syracuse	10	10	0	20