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Warm Up

Warm Up. How did European nations take advantage of stresses in the Muslim world? Summarize 2 problems that contributed to Ottoman decline Summarize how Egypt modernized Why did Russia and Britain compete for power in Persia?. Warm Up. Sit anywhere  Don’t forget

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Warm Up

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  1. Warm Up How did European nations take advantage of stresses in the Muslim world? Summarize 2 problems that contributed to Ottoman decline Summarize how Egypt modernized Why did Russia and Britain compete for power in Persia?

  2. Warm Up • Sit anywhere  • Don’t forget • Turn in DBQ docs(homework due) • Pick up new homework – Due Wednesday • Study (5 min) for quick vocab quiz

  3. Vocabulary Quiz • Please define the following on a piece of paper • Turnpike • Labor Union • Imperialism • Genocide • Sphere of influence

  4. Make Your Own Notes • Group • Note taker • Presenter • Task manager • Time keeper

  5. Make Your Own Notes • East India Company (329) • Exploiting Indian Diversity • British policies • Sepoy Rebellion (329/330) • Causes of discontent • Rebellion and aftermath • British Colonial Rule (330/331) • Different Views on Culture (331) • Indian Nationalism (332)

  6. Setting the Stage • For more than 200 years, Mughal rulers governed India • Britain turned it commercial interests in India into a political one

  7. East India Company • Won trading rights in India (early 1600’s) • By 1800’s, they controlled 60% of India • Indians with different traditions and languages were not able to unite against them • British encouraged rivalries among groups • If unsuccessful, they used their weapons to overpower local rulers

  8. Implementing British Polities • Main goal – to make $$$$$ • Improved roads, preserved peace, and reduced banditry • Western education, laws and legal procedures • Missionaries tried to convert Indians to Christianity • Pressed for social change

  9. Social Changes • End to slavery • End to caste • Improve the position of women within the family • Ban of Sati

  10. Why was Britain interested in India • ???

  11. Answer • Industrial Revolution! • Need for COTTON

  12. Predict • Predict how trading cotton with the British would affect India’s economy

  13. Cotton: A valuable Cash Crop • Turn to page 331 • How did British policy contribute to famine in India?

  14. Growing Discontent • 1850s, East India Company made unpopular moves • Required Sepoys to serve in military (even overseas which was offensive to the religion) • Passed a law that allowed Hindu widows to remarry • 1857 British issued new rifles to Sepoys • Troops were told to bite off the tips of the cartridge before loading them into rifles

  15. SepoyMutany • Cartridges were greased with animal fat • Cows (sacred to Hindus) • Pigs (forbidden to Muslims) • When troops refused, they were put in jail

  16. Warm Up • Presenters – get your poster! • Explain why Great Britain wanted to imperialize India • Summarize the modernization impacts Great Britain had on India • What was the cause of the Sepoy Rebellion? • Turn to page 330 in your textbook

  17. Map • Turn to page 330 • What regions were most greatly affected by the Sepoy Rebellion? • Write 3 questions based on the information on the map

  18. Finish Presentations

  19. Aftermath • Revolted against the British (North/Central) • declared Mughal ruler as their leader • Massacred British men, women, children • Britain officially took control of India • Revenge: torched villages and slaughtered people • Led to fear and mistrust on both sides • Some view this as 1st act in Indian Independence that didn’t happen until after WWII

  20. British Rule in India • Positive • New roads and railroads link parts of India • Telegraph and postal system unite people • Irrigation system improves farming • New laws mean justice for all classes • British schools offer education • Customs that threaten human rights are ended

  21. British Rule • Negative • Indian Resources go to Britain • British made goods replace local goods • Farms grow cash crops rather than food crops; Indians go hungry • Top jobs go to British • Indians treated as inferiors • Britain tries to replace Indian culture with western ways

  22. Different Views on Culture • Indian and British attitudes varied

  23. Indian Nationalism Grows • 1885 • Nationalist leaders create the Indian National Congress • Believed in peaceful protest • Called for greater democracy • Eventual self rule; supported western style modernization • Muslim and Hindus worked together at first • Muslim’s eventually create Muslim League

  24. British Railroads and Indian Nationalism • Turn to page 332 • Theme: Geography and History • How did railroads encourage Indian nationalism?

  25. “Thank God for Tea” • Turn to page 329 • Why did the British East India Company earn huge profits?

  26. Questions • How did the British exploit Indian diversity? • What changes did the East India Company bring to India? • What were the causes of the Sepoy Rebellion? • How could the Sepoy Rebellion be interpreted as resulting from British feelings of superiority? • Why do you think the Sepoy Rebellion was so violent?

  27. Critical Thinking Questions • Word doc

  28. Activity • Take on the role of an Indian Nationalist opening a new school • English? One of the major native Indian languages? • Did British have the right to pass laws that tried to reform the caste?

  29. Closure • Pass the plate

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