The British
British involvement in India began in the 1600s with this company. . .
What is the British East India Company?
Gandhi was arrested soon after the Salt March. True or False?
What is True?
How far did Ghadi walk on the salt march?
240 miles (approx)
What religion was the majority in India?
What is Hindu?
Refusal to obey laws that are considered unjust
What is civil disobedience?
In 1857 Indian soldiers employed by the British East India Company rebelled in what is known as. . .
What is the Sepoy Rebellion?
Gandhi was also known as. . .
What is Mahatma?
True or False. The Salt March brought national attention to the Indian Independence Movement.
What is true?
What was the Quit India Movement
What is the demanding of immediate independence for India?
"Great soul"; a person regarded with loving respect; a holy person or sage
What is Mahatma?
This term refers to the British government in India
What is the British Raj?
Gandhi became a member of the. . .
What is the Indian National Congress?
What did Ghandi do when he reached the sea?
He made salt
Ghandi Studed this in England.
What is Law
Founded in 1885, sought reforms in Britain's government of India
What is the Indian National Congress?
Where did Gandhi gain fame and success as a defender of Indian rights?
What is South Africa?
Why did Ghandi make salt?
It was an act of defiance... it was against the law and Ghandi wanted people to see the injustice of the law... and of British control of India.
Why did the British partition India?
The Muslims and Hindus could not agree so there was much violence.
Define the purpose of the Muslim League
What is to gain more representation for Muslims because they felt as if they were underrepresented in the Indian National Congress?
What did Ghandi do while in jail to force the British to change their policies
He went on a hunger strike... he fasted
Gandhi believed that British rule was a curse, and that Englishmen were seen to be worse than any other. True or False
False. He saw them as friends who needed to see them as equals
After the Amritsar Massacre Gandhi dedicated himself to gaining WHAT for India?
What is self-rule?
Who was the leader of the Muslim League?
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Known as a kind of passive resistance Gandhi called. . .
What is Satyagraha?