Although the East India Company Was Founded in 1600, the British

Although the East India Company was founded in 1600, the British gradually colonized India by

A) defeating the French and picking apart the decaying Mughal Empire.
B) making alliances with Persian traders to establish trading posts.
C) enslaving Indians on sugar plantations.
D) paying the Dutch enormous amounts of money to abandon their Indian economic interests and trade only in Java.
E) getting the population addicted to opium.