British East India Company - Lower Mid-Atlantic

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


CWRU A	Kenyon A	10	10	10	30
OSU B	CWRU D	10	10	0	20
Pitt A	Kenyon B	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