1. British Imperialism in India

2. Objectives Describe the British takeover of India
Identify positive and negative aspects of British colonialism in India
Trace early nationalist movements in India

3. Why it matters now …
India, the second most populated nation in the world, has its political roots in this colony.

4. British Expand Control over India
East India Company Dominates
East India Company operates largely independently from the English government
Sepoys
An Indian soldier serving under British command

5. British Expand Control over India
Britain’s “Jewel in the Crown”
Jewel in the crown
So called because of its importance in the British Empire, both as a supplier of raw materials and as a market for British trade goods
Restrictions were put into place to keep India from operating its economy on its own
Local competition was eliminated
Textiles from England flooded the market at cheap prices
Driving out local producers

6. British Expand Control over India
British Transport Trade Goods
Railroads help transport raw materials
Tea
Indigo
Coffee
Crimean War – Jute
American Civil War - Cotton
Cotton
Jute
Opium

7. British Expand Control over India
Impact of Colonization
Negative
Loss of political and economic power
Resistance to Indian owned industry
Loss of self-sufficiency (cash crops)
3rd largest railroad network
Modern roads, telephones, telegraphs, dams, bridges, and irrigation canals allowed India to modernize
Sanitation improvements
End to local warfare
Positive

8. The Sepoy Mutiny Sepoy Mutiny Indians Rebel
An 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldier against the British in India
Angered over new Enfield Rifle cartridges
85 of 90 soldiers refused to accept the cartridges – jailed
British troops sent in to aid
Weak leadership lead to the defeat of the Indians
Took more than a year for East India Company to regain control
Hindus did not Muslim
Muslims did not want Hindus

9. The Sepoy Mutiny Turning Point British take Direct Control Raj
British rule after India came under the British crown during the reign of Queen Victoria
Minister in London directed policy to governor-general in India – Viceroy

10. Jailing of the rebellious soldiers
What British action caused the sepoys’ refusal of the cartridges to escalate?
Jailing of the rebellious soldiers

11. Nationalism Surfaces in India
Nationalist Groups Form
Ram Mohun Roy
Campaigned to move India away from traditional practices
If there was no change, outsiders would continue to control them
Indian National Congress
1885
Primarily Hindu faction
Muslim League
1906
Muslim