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    The document summarizes the impact of British imperial rule in India from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. It discusses how the British East India Company initially took control of India's coastal regions and then expanded further inland by playing rulers off one another. Under the British Raj, India became an important source of raw materials for British industries and a major market for British manufactured goods, though this damaged India's own industries. The policies of the British Raj and the social hierarchies it established frustrated many Indians and contributed to the rise of Indian nationalism seeking more self-governance and rights.

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    The document summarizes the impact of British imperial rule in India from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. It discusses how the British East India Company initially took control of India's coastal regions and then expanded further inland by playing rulers off one another. Under the British Raj, India became an important source of raw materials for British industries and a major market for British manufactured goods, though this damaged India's own industries. The policies of the British Raj and the social hierarchies it established frustrated many Indians and contributed to the rise of Indian nationalism seeking more self-governance and rights.

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    The document summarizes the impact of British imperial rule in India from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. It discusses how the British East India Company initially took control of India's coastal regions and then expanded further inland by playing rulers off one another. Under the British Raj, India became an important source of raw materials for British industries and a major market for British manufactured goods, though this damaged India's own industries. The policies of the British Raj and the social hierarchies it established frustrated many Indians and contributed to the rise of Indian nationalism seeking more self-governance and rights.

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    NAME:___________________________

    Directions: As you read, practice the strategies weve been using in class: either on sticky notes or directly on the page,
    highlight new vocabulary words and summarize each chunk of text. In addition, note the evidence (primary source quotes,
    events and facts) that helps answer our units essential question, Did imperialism do more to help or harm indigenous
    people in Asia and Africa? Finally, respond to the prompt at the end of each section. 10 pts.

    British East India Company reached. Early action was taken to stop [the killing of girl
    Early British imperialism in India was not carried out babies] and the practice of satiThe slave trade was ended
    by the government, but by a trading company, the and the owning of slaves was forbidden
    British East India Company. Created to control trade
    between Britain, India, and East Asia, the company The Sepoy Mutiny Some Indians began to believe the
    soon became embroiled in Indian politics. British were trying to destroy their society and culture.
    In 1857, these concerns exploded into a rebellion, the
    The British Take Control As long as the Mughal Sepoy Mutiny. Sepoys were Indian soldiers who
    Empire remained strong in India, the East India fought in the British army. The spark that set off the
    Companys Activity was limited to coastal trading rebellion was the introduction of a new type of British
    cities. When the empire began to break apart into rifle. Before inserting a cartridge into the rifle, a soldier
    small states in the mid-1700s, though, leaders of the had to bite off the end of an ammunition cartridge,
    East India Company sensed a chance to take over which was greased with pork and beef fat. This
    Indian lands. They manipulated the rulers of these offended both Muslim sepoys, who did not eat port,
    new states, suggesting to each ruler that he needed and Hindu sepoys, who did not eat beef.
    British support to keep his throne. By playing rules Thinking that the new cartridges were a plot to
    against each other and keeping them from make them abandon Hindusim and Islam, sepoys in
    cooperating, the British kept India in chaos. The the town of Meerut refused to use them. For their
    company then swept in with its own armies and took protest these sepoys were punished. In response,
    over much of India, claiming to have done so just to sepoys all over northern India rose up against British
    restore order. officers.
    The violence of the rebellion was ferocious, with
    Changes in India Once in control, the East India both sides committing atrocities. Sepoys killed not
    Company made changes to Indian society. They only their officers, but also British women and
    introduced a new education system and the English children. The British responded with extreme
    language. They also introduced British laws that brutality. Captured mutineers were strapped to
    banned certain customs, such as sati, the practice of cannons and shot. Villages suspected of supporting
    Hindu widows throwing themselves on their rebels were burned. The fighting continued for two
    husbands funeral fires. The practice was described by years.
    the 16th-century adventurer Vikrama: As a result of the mutiny, the British ended the rule
    of the East India Company in 1858. From then on, the
    the dead heros wife said [to the king]: Sire, my husband British government would rule India directly.
    has been slain by the enemyI will go to where he is. Let Although the British moved away from some of the
    fire be provided for me. social regulations that had angered many Indians,
    Hearing her words the king said: My daughter, why will you distrust continued between the British and the Indians.
    enter the fire?
    She said: My lord, for whom this body of mine exists, has Respond with a thesis statement (position + road map):
    been slainThe wife who enters the fire when her husband How did the Sepoy Mutiny lead to New Imperialism in
    dies enjoys bliss in heavenWhat good is there in the life of India?
    a wretched woman who has lost her husband?

    The end of sati, among other policies, led British writer


    Sir Reginald Coupland to proclaim in his book, India:
    A Restatement, that

    British rule brought with it from the West certain


    standards of humanity that Indian society had not yet
    NAME:_____________________
    India as a British Colony
    India was Britains most important colony the Although India had been a major exporter of textiles to
    jewel in the crown of the British Empire. Ruling Asia until the early 1800s, the British closed Indian
    India gave the British great political and financial textile factories to prevent competition with British
    rewards, as well as national pride. But for many companies. By the mid-1800s, India primarily exported
    Indians, British rule was a source of frustration and raw materials rather than manufactured goods. This
    humiliation. This frustration gave rise to powerful shift led Jawaharlal Nehru to write in The Discovery of
    feelings of nationalism. India that

    The Raj The era of British rule in India is often the economic development of India was stopped and the
    called the British Raj, a Hindi word meaning rule. growth of new industry was preventedIndia became an
    The administration of India was carried out by a agricultural colony of industrial England. It supplied raw
    government agency called the Indian Civil Service materials and provided markets for Englands industrial
    (ICS). Though they were ruling India, most officials of goodsThe poverty of the country grew. The standard of
    the ICS were British. The ICS employed very few living fell to terribly low levels.
    Indians, leaving many educated Indians frustrated at
    having no say in their own government. The Rise of Indian Nationalism Many groups in
    India found the changes that came with British rule
    Many British officials in India believed themselves deeply disturbing. Indian elites and middle classes
    superior to the people they governed. As a result, they resented having so few opportunities to participate in
    lived in segregated neighborhoods and belonged to government.
    exclusive clubs. Most of these officals believed that Still, it took more than resentment to build a
    they were improving the lives of the Indian people nationalist movement. That movement did not take off
    through westernization. Yet many prejudiced British until Indians began to see themselves as having the
    officials believed that Indians were utterly incapable of same rights as Europeans. This idea was first
    governing themselves. expressed by the reformer Ram Mohun Roy in the
    1820s. Roy felt that the British were violating the
    During the Raj, the /British built railroads, roads, Indian peoples rights, including the rights of free
    and canals in India. By 1910, India had the fourth- speech and religion.
    largest railroad network in the world. Britain
    interested in transportation for two reasons: to move
    troops to troubled spots more easily and to help sell Respond
    British products throughout India. British historian J.
    A. R. Marriot wrote in his 1932 book, The English in Marriot and Nehru offer strikingly different assessments of
    India, the impact of British imperialism in India. Which do you
    find more believable? Why?
    British brains, British enterprise have changed the face of
    India. Means of communication have been developed.
    There are great numbers of bridges, more than 40,000
    miles of railway, and 70,000 miles of paved roadsIndia
    now has improved sanitation and a higher standard of
    living.

    India was an important market for British


    manufactured goods, but that was not its only
    economic significance. It was a source of raw
    materials, such as cotton, tea, indigo, and jute. In fact,
    India became one of the most significant sources of
    raw cotton for British textile factories in the 1860s, after
    cotton in the United States became unavailable during
    the American Civil War. In addition, taxes collected
    from Indian landowners paid for the administration of
    India and the Indian army.
    NAME:_____________________

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