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The French East India Company was formed...

The French East India Company was formed in

A

a.1600

B

b.1660

C

c.1664

D

d.1668

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C

The French East India Company (La Compagnie Française des Indes Orientales), was founded as a monopoly by royal edict of Louis XIV in 1664 at the strong urging of his finance minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert. The king was its largest investor, and the crown effectively controlled the company.
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