260 likes | 264 Views
THE BRITISH TAKE OVER INDIA. The New Imperialism 9-4. H-SS 10.4.3 Explain imperialism from the perspective of the colonizers and the colonized and the varied immediate and long-term responses by the people under colonial rule. GUIDE QUESTION.
E N D
THE BRITISH TAKE OVER INDIA The New Imperialism 9-4
H-SS 10.4.3 Explain imperialism from the perspective of the colonizers and the colonized and the varied immediate and long-term responses by the people under colonial rule.
GUIDE QUESTION 1. Why was India known as the “Jewel in the Crown” of the British Empire?
The most Important colony • in the British Empire was India • British East India Company dominates India after decline of Mughals
Company’s impact on India • British Law required India to supply raw materials • cotton • indigo • tea • British policies discouraged native manufacturing
GUIDE QUESTION 2. How did the British have both a negative and positive impact on India?
Third largest railway system in the world • Modernized economy • Literacy • Infrastructure-dams, bridges • Communications • Unified India
Negative Aspects of British Rule • Economic benefits flowed out of India • Subsistence farming declines in favor of cash crops=famine • Western ways erode traditional Indian culture and values
GUIDE QUESTION • Why and how did Indians resist British domination?
D. The Sepoy Mutiny 1857 • Turning point • Soldiers object to guns on religious grounds • British government sends troops to end rebellion • The British Raj 1757-1947 • 200 years of colonial rule
Indian Nationalist Movement • Ram Mohun Roy • ”Father of modern India” • end of Suti • end of female infanticide
1885 Indian National Congress-Hindu political group • 1906-Muslim League- Muslim group • 1905-1911 conflict over partition of Bengal • Escalating demands for independence from Britain