1. BRITISH RULE OF INDIA

2. PRIOR TO 1857 THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY
DOMINATED INDIA & ITS PEOPLE
FOR ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS.
THIS COMPANY HAD ITS OWN ARMY
THAT CONSISTED OF INDIAN SOLDIERS CALLED “SEPOYS”.

3. BRITISH INTEREST IN INDIA
INDIA BECAME THE “JEWEL IN THE CROWN” FOR THE BRITISH
EMPIRE BECAUSE OF ALL THE
VALUABLE RESOURCES THERE.

4. IMPACT OF BRITISH RULE -THE BRITISH TOOK OVER INDIA’S ECONOMY.
-THE INDIANS HAD TO PRODUCE
RAW MATERIALS FOR THEM AND
THEN BUY BRITISH GOODS.

5. -THE BRITISH FORCED THE INDIANS
TO PAY TAXES & LAND RENT, AND
GROW CASH CROPS FOR THEM.
-THE BRITISH WERE THE RULERS,
WHILE THE INDIANS WERE THE
SERVANTS.
-THE BRITISH OFTEN OFFENDED
INDIAN CULTURE.

6. THE SEPOY MUTINY OF 1857
-INDIAN SOLDIERS REBELLED AGAINST THE BRITISH BECAUSE OF
A RUMOR ABOUT THEIR BULLET
CASINGS BEING GREASED WITH
BEEF & PORK FAT.

7. -THE REBELLION LASTED A YEAR,
BEFORE THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
SENT IN TROOPS TO PUT IT DOWN.
-MANY INDIANS WERE KILLED, &
THE BRITISH WOULD IMPOSE
DIRECT RULE ON INDIA AFTER IT
WAS OVER.

8. POSITIVES OF BRITISH RULE
THE BRITISH MODERNIZED SOME
PARTS OF INDIA BY IMPROVING
SANITATION, BUILDING HOSPITALS,
RAILROADS, TELEGRAPH LINES,
AND SCHOOLS.

9. NEGATIVES OF BRITISH RULE
-INDIANS WERE TREATED AS 2ND
CLASS CITIZENS.
-BRITIAN’S ECONOMIC POLICIES
KEPT MOST INDIANS IN POVERTY.
-RELIANCE ON CASH CROPS LED TO
FAMINES IN SOME AREAS.

10. BY THE EARLY 1900s MANY INDIANS WERE SICK OF BRITISH RULE AND STARTED
CALLING FOR INDEPENDENCE.

11. BRITISH RESPONSE TO THIS
-TRIED TO KEEP THE HINDUS &
MUSLIMS DIVIDED.
-PASSED LAWS THAT ALLOWED
INDIANS TO BE JAILED WITHOUT
TRIAL.
-OUTLAWED PUBLIC MEETINGS.

12. AMRITSAR - 1919 -THOUSANDS OF INDIANS GATHERED
TO PROTEST BRITISH RULE.
-THE BRITISH MILITARY CAME IN
AND OPENED FIRE ON THE CROWD,
KILLING HUNDREDS.

13. MOHANDAS GANDHI

14. -BECAME THE KEY LEADER OF
INDIA’S INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT.
-CALLED FOR INDIANS TO FIGHT
BRITISH RULE WITH THE POLICY
OF NON-COOPERATION AND NON-
VIOLENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.