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How The British Conquered India? - Coggle Diagram
How The British Conquered India?
Spices
Spice was worth gold
Spices were so important that people were prepared to die
The Europeans sold the spices for 40,000% more profit.
Ancient Indians traded spices and other resources
with Americans.
Spices were so important that people were prepared to die for it, No gift was. more acceptable, It was a mark of status
Europeans decided to go to india to buy spice for cheap.
Strategy
The Indian subcontinent was large whereas the British empire started very small
Power Vaccum
British took advantage and conquered India
British took over modern-day Chennai and build a fort in Chennai.
They bought little land from each small city and built a fort around it. All the land bought was near the coast line.
got all their money from trading
They bought goods at low prices and sold them at higher prices.
The Mughal Empire started declining because they were attacked from all sides.
The British empire took advantage
East India company earned a lot profit
used the money to make an army
Sepoy Mutiny
Now the East India Company was abolished
Queen Victoria issued a proclamation to Indians, which while lacking the authority of a constitutional provision, promised rights similar to those of other British subjects.
The East India Company had been active in India for nearly 250 years
The Sepoy Mutiny was also referred to as the Indian Uprising of 1857.
Mangal Pandey- Indian soldier whose attack on British officers on March 29, 1857, was the first major incident of what came to be known as the Indian, or Sepoy, Mutiny
Silk Route/Spice Route
Cinnamon, Cardamom, Pepper were sent to the European countries by India.
Spices are very expensive and traded with gold.
Historic trade route
From Asia to Mediterranean
Went through India, Persia, Arabia, Italy, Greece, and China.
The Silk Road was important because it helped to generate trade and commerce between a number of different kingdoms and empires.