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What happened to the Portuguese when the Dutch and the British showed up to trade in India? Did they thrive?

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The British took over and basically destroyed everything….they definitely did not thrive
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No they didn't thrive. They took over trading cities, destroyed Muslim trade ships, and imposed taxes to get their way.

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