The Industrial Revolution of the 1800’s created a need for natural resources to fuel the newly invented machinery and transportation. Resources like coal, iron, and rubber were in high demand. Some nations did not have an abundance of raw materials and looked to other countries and lands to find them. Expanding outside of its borders also allowed a country to enter foreign markets that they needed to sell their industrial goods. Traditional industries became displaced as the manufacturing and markets moved to foreign countries. One such company, the British East Indian Company, became highly profitable by taking natural resources in India and selling goods in markets throughout the world.