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British Imperialism in India (India (Jewel in the crown (Resources, Spices…
British Imperialism in India
India
Jewel in the crown
Resources
Spices
People
Major supplier of raw materials
British had the East India Company
Had its own army
Sepoys
British transport trade goods
Build network system
India became increasingly valueable
British could trade easier with other countries
Transport more plantation crops
tea
indigo
coffee
cotton
jute
Impact of colonialism
Negatives
Conversion to cash crops
famines
Missionaries & Racist attitude
threatened Indians' life
Positives
Third largest railroad network
develop modern economy & brought unity to the connected regions
telephone
telegraph lines
dams
bridges
irrigation canals
sanitation & public health
schools & colleges
literacy
reduce local warfares
The Sepoy Mutiny
Religious belief
A rumor about Indian rifles being greased with beaf and pork fat (Hindus considered the cow sacred, and the Muslims don't eat pork)
They refused to accept the cartridges, , so the disobeyed soldiers were jailed
Indians Rebel
British and sepoys tried to slaughter each other's armies
Indians' weak leadership
British won
Nationalism Surfaces in India
Ram Mohun Roy
modern-thinker
child marriages
rigid caste separation
Indians hated a system that made them second-class citizens in their own country