CAUSES FOR THE ENGLISH SUCCESS
(I) The English Company was a private enterprise-this created a sense of self-confidence among the people; the French Company was state-owned;
(ii) the English navy was superior to the French navy-it helped to cut off the link between the French possessions in India and France;
(iii) the English held three important places, i.e. Calcutta, Bombay and Madras whereas the French had only Pondicherry;
(iv) the French subordinated their commercial interest to territorial ambition, which made the French Company short of funds.
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