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British Imperialism in India Chap.11 sec. 4

British Imperialism in India Chap.11 sec. 4. Put together by:. British beginnings in the region. When did British economic interest begin in India? What organization got into the region and began working with the Mughal Empire? What was happening to the Mughals in India in the mid 1700s?

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British Imperialism in India Chap.11 sec. 4

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  1. British Imperialism in IndiaChap.11 sec. 4 Put together by:

  2. British beginnings in the region • When did British economic interest begin in India? What organization got into the region and began working with the Mughal Empire? • What was happening to the Mughals in India in the mid 1700s? • How did the E. India co. take control by 1757?

  3. East India Co. runs India • What was the official relationship between the company and Britain in terms of India? How did things go in reality? • What did the company have that most businesses do not possess? Who led, who fought? • What was Elphinstone’s quote about the Sepoy army?

  4. The Jewel in the Crown • What big era in Europe made India so valuable? • What was it that made India so lucrative to the British? • What were the restrictions that were put on the Indians?

  5. Britain makes India a moneymaker • What was it that Britain built that made India so profitable. How so? • What were the major crops grown on British owned plantations?

  6. Imperialism in S. Asia • Negative aspects of British Imperialism in India • Positive aspects of Imperialism for Indians

  7. Beginnings of the Sepoy Mutiny • What did economic problems in India by the 1850s do to the attitudes of Indians? • Describe what happened to the Sepoys that made them disobey a direct order. • What did the British do to the Sepoys who disobeyed, and what was the reaction by the army?

  8. The Mutiny gets ugly • What was the word the book used for what the British and the Sepoy armies tried to do to each other. • Why did the Sepoy mutiny fail to remove the British from India even though they had a big advantage for months?

  9. The turning point of British India • What group maintained their loyalty to the British? Why? How could you tell who they were? • What was the biggest result of the failed Mutiny? What was this new govt. called, and how long did it rule until? • Long term, what did the mutiny do regarding the relationship between the British and the Indians?

  10. Nationalism in India • What did Ram Mohun Roy think that Indians need to do to get rid of the British? • What were the two Nationalist groups that formed at the turn of the century? • What, in 1905, further made Indians think that the British had to go?

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