Starter quiz
- Mughal rule in India was __________ in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- at its weakest
- at its strongest ✓
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- Which Mughal emperor was given the name 'the Great'?
- Babur
- Akbar ✓
- Shah Jahan
- Araungzeb
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- Akbar marrying the King of Amber's daughter is an example of...
- 'diplomacy' ✓
- Which religion did the Mughal rulers of India follow?
- Islam ✓
- Hinduism
- Buddhism
- Sikhism
- Christianity
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- Mughal emperors repeatedly relied upon ______ in their conquests.
- 'violence' ✓
- Religious __________ and attempts to increase tax revenues were important aspects of Mughal governing policies.
- tolerance ✓
- persecution
- suppression
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Exit quiz
- What event marks the beginning of the "long 18th century" according to historians?
- The Battle of Waterloo
- The Glorious Revolution ✓
- The American Revolution
- The Industrial Revolution
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- Which early English colony in America was established by the Virginia Company and became profitable through tobacco cultivation?
- Plymouth
- Jamestown ✓
- Roanoke
- New Amsterdam
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- The East India Company was given permission by ______ to trade with India, which was then part of the Mughal Empire.
- 'Elizabeth I' ✓
- Which privateer turned plantation owner played a key role in early English colonization in the Caribbean?
- Sir Francis Drake
- Henry Morgan ✓
- Walter Raleigh
- Christopher Columbus
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- The ______ Acts were a series of laws passed by the English government to promote English shipping and control colonial trade.
- 'Navigation' ✓
- Which European country was a major rival to England in trade during the late 17th century, leading to three wars?
- France
- Spain
- The Netherlands ✓
- Portugal
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Key learning points
- At the beginning of the 18th century England was an emerging empire-builder.
- England was agricultural with a large middling sort who provided a base to trade with and settle in distant places.
- England had established colonies in North America and the Caribbean, with which English merchants traded.
- 350 000 had emigrated to colonies in the Americas; trade with them, bolstered by enslavement, was worth a great deal.
- The Navigation Act created a mercantilist framework for English trade with its colonies.
Common misconception
Only Britain and Europe engaged in empire building.
In fact, empires have existed across the world since at least the ancient period: several dynasties ruled across China, the Ottoman Empire spanned across Asia, Africa and Europe, and the Mali Empire controlled extensive territories in West Africa.
Keywords
Privateer - a person allowed by a government to attack and steal from ships at sea
Customs duties - a tax paid on goods that are imported
Indentured servant - a person who is made to work without pay for a set period of time
Mercantilist - an economic practice of a country protecting their own trade and discouraging trade with rival nations
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