  Most important power in India  Held huge amounts of area  Had its own army  Officers were British  Soldiers were Indian, called Sepoys.  India was Britain’s main supplier of raw materials  Called “Jewel in the Crown” The British East India Company

  Third largest railroad system developed. Made India’s economy more modern  British built telephone, telegraph wires and dams, bridges and canals  Improved sanitation and public health and built hospitals Benefits of British Rule

  Wealth flowed from India to Britain  Farmers forced to grow cash crops (like cotton), not food. They were starving.  Indians not allowed to compete with British industries. Indian textile industry nearly wipe out because of importing British textiles.  British racist attitudes threatened Indian culture. Negative Impacts of British Rule Famine of

 Remember the John Green “Crash Course” video about Industrialization? What was one reason why India did not industrialize during the late 1700s like Britain? What did the video say about the productivity of Indian agriculture? Contrasting with Prior Knowledge

  By mid 1800s, Indians resented British control  Sepoys rebelled, took East India Company a year to put it down.  Sepoy rebellion failed due to:  Weak leadership  Failure of Muslim and Hindu Sepoys to unite  After rebellion, British take direct control of India  Beginning of Raj, period of British rule from Sepoy Mutiny The “greased” cartridges that started a war…

 Indians resisted British control in other ways.  Nationalist feelings grew because:  British officials discriminated against them  Indians barred from best jobs in civil service  British workers paid more than Indian workers for same job Indian Nationalist Movements Begin

  New leader, Ram Mohun Roy  well educated  called for end of traditional practices and ideas (like widow burning and child marriage)  wanted to make India more modern and free India of British control  Felt if India westernized, it could resist control by outsiders  Indian National Congress forms in 1885  Muslim League forms in 1906  Both groups call for self government Indian Nationalist Groups Form

 Is “globalization” a new form of Imperialism?