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The British Take Over India

The British Take Over India. By: Jeffrey Rolland. Vocabulary. Cash crop : crop raised to be sold for $ on the world market Examples?. The East India Company. acquired trading rights on the Mughal empire border The British gained power by taking advantage of India's confusion

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The British Take Over India

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  1. The British Take Over India By: Jeffrey Rolland

  2. Vocabulary • Cash crop: crop raised to be sold for $ on the world market • Examples?

  3. The East India Company • acquired trading rights on the Mughal empire border • The British gained power by taking advantage of India's confusion • Main goal: $$$

  4. The Sepoy Rebellion • In 1859, the East Indian Company made many unpopular changes in India • Forced sepoys to serve anywhere, not just in India • it was against Hinduism belief to travel overseas • sepoys were Indian troops • A new law that allowed Hindu widows to remarry • Hindus saw both changes as a Christian conspiracy to under mine their form of belief • The final insult occurred in 1857 when the British gave the sepoys new guns • The British had the sepoys bite off the cartridges, which they greased with animal fat, before loading the guns • The animal fat came from cows and pigs • cows are sacred to Hindus • Muslims were forbidden to eat pigs

  5. The “Brightest Jewel”

  6. Indians & British: Viewing 2 Cultures

  7. Growing Nationalism

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