1. Warm Up Question – 11/30 or 12/1
Describe the image. What does the photograph suggest about class system in India?
PLEASE WRITE THE QUESTION!

2. British Imperialism in India
Chapter 6 Section 3

3. British Expand Control over India
Brit. econ. interest started in the 1600s when the Brit. East India Co. (BEICo.) set up trading posts in India
Area controlled by the BEICo. grew over time
Until the 19th C., the BEICo. ruled India w/ little interference from the Brit. gov’t
The BEICo. had its own army w/ sepoys – Indian soldiers

4. Sepoys – Indian Soldiers
Indian troops in service to the BEICo. outnumbered British troops five to one

5. British Sepoy Army
The sepoy army was “a delicate and dangerous machine, with little a mismanagement may easily turn against us” – Mountstuart Elphinstone, governor of Bombay
TPS: Why did the governor of Bombay think the sepoys might turn against the British?
TPS Answer: The sepoys’ primary allegiance was to their own country, not to Britain.

6. Britain’s “Jewel in the Crown”
The Brit. considered India the brightest “jewel in the crown” – the most valuable of all Brit. colonies
Why? 3 main reasons:
The IR made Eng. a major power in the world
India was a major supplier of raw materials for the factories in Eng.
Indian ppl were also a large potential market for Brit. goods

8. Impact of Colonialism Positive Effects Negative Effects
Brit. laid the third largest RR network in India
Allowed India to develop a modern econ.
Unified & connected regions
Sanitation and public health improved
Schools and colleges were founded, increasing literacy
Brit. held much of the pol. and econ. power
Cash crops reduced food productions, causing famine
Increased presence of missionaries and racist attitude by Brit. threatened traditional Indian life

9. British vs. Indian Relations

10. Sepoy Mutiny
by 1850, Brit. controlled much of India, but the Indian ppl resented their treatment under Brit. rule
believed the Brit. were trying to convert them to Christianity
resented the constant racism from the Brit.

11. Sepoy Mutiny
Sepoys heard a rumor that the cartridges of their new rifles were greased with beef & pork fat
both Hindus and Muslims were outraged by the news – sacred animals

12. Sepoy Mutiny
TPS: What might the decision to grease the sepoys’ cartridges with beef and pork fat reveal about the Brit. attitude toward Indians?
TPS Answer: It revealed their insensitivity and indifference to Indians’ religious customs.

13. Sepoy Mutiny
The sepoys refused to accept the cartridges, and the Brit. jailed the sepoys
May 10, 1857: the sepoys rebelled against the Brit. - took control of Delhi
the uprising spread across all of India
Took more than a year to regain control of the country
TPS Answer: It built British resentment of Indians’ resistance and rebellion.

14. Sepoy Mutiny
TPS: How did the Sepoy Mutiny lead to increased Brit. racism?

15. Sepoy Mutiny Indians could not unite during the mutiny Why?
weak leadership and serious splits btwn Hindus & Muslims
the mutiny was a turning point in Indian history
in 1858, Brit. gov’t took direct command of India

16. The Raj
the Raj – Brit. rule after India was taken over by the Brit. crown under Queen Victoria
a Brit. governor-general in India took control – official title was viceroy
the mutiny increase distrust btwn Brit. and Indians

17. The Raj
TPS: In what ways did the Sepoy Mutiny change the political climate of India?
TPS Answer: More of India was under British control; greater distrust between Indians and the British.

18. Nationalism in India
in the early 1800s some Indians demanded more modernization and a greater role in governing themselves
Ram Mohun Roy: educated Indian man who began a campaign to move India away from traditional practices and ideas
TPS: In what way were Indian nationalism and westernization compatible goals?
TPS Answer: Westernization provided Indians the ideas and technology to use in service of their own country

19. Nationalism in India
Two nationalist groups were founded at the end of the 19th C.
Indian National Congress (1885)
Muslim League (1906)
Goals: started first with specific concerns for Indians, grew to a call for self-gov’t

20. British vs. Indian Relations

21. Nationalism in India
1905 – Brit. divide the province of Bengal into a Hindu section and Muslim section
the groups were outraged b/c it made it difficult to unite to call for independence
in 1911, the Brit. took back the order and divided the province in a different way
TPS: Why would the Brit. think that dividing the Hindus & Muslims would be good?
TPS Answer: Because these groups often were hostile to one another, it would make control of the areas easier.