1. The British in India Mr. Knoblauch Social Studies
Guided reading q & a
Mr. Knoblauch
Social Studies
Council Rock High School South

2. 1. Steam powered boats 2. Repeating Rifles 3. Machine Guns
1. What military technologies did the Industrial Revolution provide to Europeans?
1. Steam powered boats
2. Repeating Rifles
3. Machine Guns
4. Exploding Shells

3. 2. How did internal problems in Asian empires contribute to the success of European imperialism?
Internal problems weakened Asian Empires so they could only offer limited resistance to European armies
When the Mughal Empire remained strong in India, the British East India Company’s activity was limited to coastal trading cities.
However, when the empire began to break apart into smaller states by the mid 1700’s, the company saw an opportunity to take over more Indian land.

4. The British east India Company
Early British Imperialism was not carried out by the government but by a trading company, the British East India Company.
Created to control trade between Britain, India, and East Asia, the company soon became embroiled in Indian politics.
By 1800, it had come to rule much of India in the name of Great Britain.

5. The British east India Company
Once in control, the company made changes in Indian society, including…
A new education system
The English language
New British laws that banned certain Indian native customs, including Hindu religious traditions
Christian Missionaries

6. 3. What was the Sepoy Mutiny?
Muslim and Hindu soldiers refused to use a rifle that had a cartridge greased with animal fat. They were punished leading to mutiny.
Sepoy: An Indian soldier fighting for Great Britain.

7. Sepoy mutiny
The greased cartridges had to be bitten off before use, and the manufacturers had supplied a fat from beef and pork, repulsive to both Hindus and Muslims.

8. What's pork got to do with it?
1. Cows are sacred in Hinduism- “Considered the Symbol of Life” and should never be killed
2. To Muslims, since pigs are cloven footed animals that walk around in and eat their own feces…
Pork is described as “unclean” and therefore unfit for human consumption along with other types of meat, such as carrion, the carcass of dead animals

11. BBC Documentary
The Story of India: Episode 6-Freedom:

12. 4. How did Britain gain control over most of India by 1858?
British India in 1858:

13. 4. How did Britain gain control over most of India by 1858?
1. By placing allies on the thrones of Indian states, and through a series of wars against the most powerful kingdoms in India.
2. Advances in military technology

14. The Age of British Rule in India See textbook*
5. What was the Raj?
The Age of British Rule in India
See textbook*

15. Muslim League is created to protect the rights of Indian Muslims
6. How did the swadeshi movement lead to the creation of the Muslim league?
Because the boycotts from this movement seemed to protect the rights of Hindus at the expense of Muslims.
Muslim League is created to protect the rights of Indian Muslims

16. The swadeshi movement Part of the Indian independence movement,
An economic strategy aimed at removing the British Empire from power and improving economic conditions in India by following the principles of swadeshi (self- sufficiency)which had some success.
Strategies of the Swadeshi movement involved boycotting British products and the revival of domestic products and production processes.

17. Muslim League:
Political party established in the early years of the 20th century in the British Indian Empire.
Its strong advocacy for the establishment of a separate Muslim-majority nation-state eventually leads to the creation of Pakistan.
The league’s success contributed to the partition of India in 1947 by the British Empire