INDIA IMPERIALISM LEARNING OBJECTIVE TRACE IMPERIALISM IN INDIA
INDIA IMPERIALISM
LEARNING OBJECTIVE TRACE IMPERIALISM IN INDIA AND ANALYZE THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF IMPERIALISM
LET’S DISCUSS Looking at the photograph to the right, what do you see from the photograph? What does this tell you about social classes in India?
CONTROL OVER INDIA • Economic Interests – East India Company • Trading Post where power was regulated by Great Britain • Jewel in the Crown – Industrial Revolution turned Britain into world’s workshop • Market Potential: 300 M people • Major supplier of raw materials • Most valuable of the British colonies Restricted economy: G. B. prevented the Indian economy from operating on its own through no competition and policies that support producing raw materials and only buying from East Indian Company
IMPACT OF COLONIALISM POSITIVES • Created 3 rd largest railroad network enabled India to develop a modern economy • Modern roads, Telephones, telegraphs, dams, bridges • Sanitation & public health improved • Schools/Colleges created • Put an end to local Warfare among competing local rulers NEGATIVES • G. B. held much of the political & economic power • Emphasis on cash crops reduced food production resulted in loss of selfsufficiency • Hands off policy on religion & social customer, however Increased presence of missionaries & racial feelings threatened traditional Indian life
SEPOYS: INDIAN SOLDIERS Sepoy Infantryman, 1819 Madras Cavalry of British India, 1845
SEBOY REBELLION/MUTINY • Rise of feelings that G. B. were trying to convert them to Christianity • As economic problems increases so did the feeling of resentment & nationalism • Rumors started: Riffles greased with beef and cow oils. • Garrison jailed anyone who disobeyed & sepoys rebelled • One-year conflict – weak leadership & split between Hindus & Muslins kept from uniting • Turning Point: British government took direct command of India (colony) called the Raj
INDIA’S RESPONSE • Sepoy Rebellion- Put down and Britain takes direct control of India from 18571947, called Raj. India was now a colony. • India’s drive for self-rule: • Indian National Congress- This struggle lasts many decades, well into the 1900’s • Mahatma Gandhi used non-violent protest to gain India’s independence from Britain. Pacifist: Non-violence, never strike back. Inspired Dr. Martin Luther King
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