20) The Company was granted an English Royal Charter, under the name Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies, by _____ on 31 December 1600.

21) Under the Government of India _____, the British Crown assumed direct administration of India in the new British Raj.

22) Defeat of the Spanish Armada in

23) The English East Company achieved a major victory over the Portuguese in the Battle of _____ in 1612.

24) The Seven Years′ War (1756-?1763) resulted in the defeat of the... forces.