1. British Imperialism In INDIA Listen up folks

2. The Mughal empire The Mughals ruled for 300 years in india (1526-1858) The Mughal empire ruled over hundreds of millions of people The mughals helped India flourish

3. Great Britain In the 1600’s Great Britain took interest in India GB set up trade posts at Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta The Mughal empire kept Great Britain from exploiting India through trade

4. Mughal empire Collapses As the mughals lost power in India, Great Britain quickly asserted their self to gain power By exploiting Africans they quickly came into power in Africa There was now no greater power in Africa to control European involvement Because of this Europe swiftly began to manage the entire continent, this includes India

5. How did this happen Collapse of Mughal Dynasty – no trade regulation Berlin Conference- – Allowed any European country to control a section of Africa – With consent of other European countries Because of these events India became controlled by Britain and divided into to section

6. Indians Rebel By 1850 British controlled most of the Indian Subcontinent Indians believed that British were not only trying to take their land but convert them to Christianity Indians resented the constant racism that British expressed toward them

7. Angering the Sepoys Sepoys: Indian Soldiers 1857: Gossip spread that new rifle cartridges from the British that were covered in Beef and Pork fat so that to use the cartridges they had to bite off the meat. According to the religions of the Indians eating this meat is unacceptable Indians refused cartridges and British jailed those that refused

8. Sepoy Rebellion Indians had economic problems They started to feel resentment toward the British and began to have strong feelings of Nationalism May 10, 1857: Sepoys rebelled; marched into Delhi and joined the soldiers stationed there to capture the city of Delhi. Rebellion spread the northern and central India

9. Sepoy Revolution cont. The outbreak of revolution is known as the “Sepoy Mutiny” Fierce fighting took place and lasted about a year Indians could not unite against the British due to poor leadership and serious splits between Hindus and Muslims

10. Problems with the Revolution Hindus did not want the Muslim Mughal Empire restored Hindus preferred British rule to Muslim rule Most of the princes and maharajahs who had made alliances with the East India Company did not take part in the rebellion