Have you ever heard of the FedEx company? Imagine if they had horses and boats instead of cars and planes. They also had their own army and covered much of the world. This is the British East India Company. The company was extremely powerful in many ways. Their ties to Brittan gave them a monopoly on trade and their armies allowed them to control their own lands. The British East India Tea Company helped spark the War of Independence. The British East India Tea Company was originally called "the Governor and Company of London Merchants Trading in the East Indies". They obviously intended to trade with the East Indies, but they traded with several other countries, including China and the Indian subcontinent. They mainly trade common items like wool, silk, dyes and salts. However, they were best known for their tea trade. Almost everyone who has heard of the East India Company will think of the tea it sold. Another key point is that the company received a royal charter, or a document that gives rights or powers, from Queen Elizabeth on December 31, 1600. This meant that the company was officially on the same team as Brittan. The company was also a corporation, meaning that it sold shares of its company to other people. Additionally, the company used its private army to rule India. Thanks to this, the East India Company managed to start several wars. Around 1770, it became clear that the East India Company could not control and govern its giant lands. She started losing huge amounts of money to pay for various things she used as a business. At the same time, the tax on tea did not help. Taxes made tea too expensive. The company finally got help from Parliament. On May 10, 1773, the Tea Act was issued...... middle of paper ...... which the colonists did not like at the time because they did not like Catholics praying on their borders . The coercive acts were later called intolerable acts because the colonists could not tolerate them. So the East India Company ended up making the colonists and Parliament angry with each other. They each fought back, through the Boston Tea Party and the Intolerable Acts. The East India Company unwittingly crossed the border and started the Revolutionary War by selling tea. And then, the Revolution began. Ultimately, it was clear that one of the main causes of the War of Independence was the British East India Company. The company was one of the largest trading companies that ever existed. They were one of the most powerful groups in existence at the time. And, although it was not intentional, the company created the United States, an entire country..