The British East India Company
Early British imperialism in India was not carried out by the government but by a...
Trading company.
Who took advantage when the great empires of Asia and North Africa were weakening?
Europeans
Indians thought the British wanted to eliminate Indian customs and Hinduism completely. As a result, relations between Indians and British became?
Increasingly strained.
Why was India an important market for British manufactured goods?
1- Economic significance.
2- Was a source of raw materials, such as cotton, tea, indigo, and jute.
3- Taxes collected from Indian landowners paid for the administration of India and the Indian army.
Who were the Sepoys?
Indian soldiers who fought in the British army.
Why was the British East India Company created?
To control trade between Britain, India, and East Asia.
The arrival of the British in India was an example of...
European imperialism
When did the Mughal Empire in India enter a deep decline?
After 1707
What is the British Raj?
The era of British rule in India.
What is the Sepoy Munity?
Strained relations that exploded into a rebellion.
By ____ it had come to rule much of India by a new name.
By 1800s
How do Europeans have a huge military advantage over Africans and Asians?
Advances in technology.
British rule was a source of frustration and humiliation. This frustration gave rise to powerful feelings of _____.
Nationalism
During the Raj the British built railroads, roads, and canals in India. Britain invested in transportation for two reasons:
1- To move troops to trouble spots more easily.
2- To help sell British products throughout India.
When was the Sepoy Munity created?
In 1857
By 1800 the new name for the British East India company was...
Great Britain
European states began expanding their power in Asia and Africa by...
The late 1700s
India was Britain’s most important colony it was the ______ of the British Empire.
"jewel in the crown"
The administration of India was carried out by a government agency called the Indian Civil Service (ICS). Who was employed and how did they feel?
The ICS employed very few Indians, leaving many educated Indians frustrated at having no say in their own government.
What was the spark that set off their rebellion which is the Sepoy Munity?
The introduction of a new type of British rifle.
What role did the British East India Company play in British imperialism in India?
The company swept in with its own armies and took over much of India, claiming to have done so just to restore order.
What made European armies more lethal than ever?
Repeating rifles, machine guns, and exploding shells.
What was life like in India when it became a British colony?
-The British destabilized crop patterns by forcing commercial cropping and left Indians more prone to famines.
What is the Indian nationalist organization?
A nationalist movement that was started by Roy, an activist who wanted to abolish several aspects of traditional Indian society, felt that the British were violating the Indian people’s rights, including the rights of free speech and religion.
What offended the Muslim and Hindu sepoys?
A soldier had to bite off the end of an ammunition cartridge, greased with pork and beef fat.
This offended the Muslim sepoys who did not eat pork and Hindu sepoys who did not eat beef.