1. The British in India

2. Natural Resources British are interested in India for economic reasons
Opium
Tea
Indigo
Coffee ()
Cotton
Jute

3. India’s Resources
Industrial Revolution has made Britain the “world’s workshop”
Interested in India because:
1. Raw Materials
million people who can buy the goods Britain makes
3. Built an extensive Railroad network that could transport India’s raw materials to it’s ports. They could also transport the finished products from the ports throughout India.
“Britain’s Jewel in the Crown”

4. British East India Trading Company
Set up in 1600’s
Governs India with little involvement from Britain
Think: this means that India is being run by a company, not by a country
Indirect control

5. British East India Trading Company
Sepoys:
Indian soldiers employed by the British East India Trading Company

6. “Pockets of Discontent”
Indians are unhappy because:
British control their land & resources
Thought that the British were trying to convert them to Christianity
Constant racism
Economic problems due to British control of industry
Economic problems due to emphasis on cash crops

8. Sepoy Mutiny/Rebellion
Primary religions in India:
Hindu (consider cows sacred)
Muslim (do not eat pork)
Rumors spread that the cartridges of the rifles used by the Sepoys are greased with cow & pig fat
Sepoys refuse to accept cartridges

9. Sepoy Mutiny/Rebellion
British response:
Jailed soldiers who disobeyed
Angers soldiers
May 10, 1857
SEPOY REBELLION
Marched to Delhi, joined by other soldiers
Rebellion spreads
Takes Britain more than a year to regain control

10. Sepoy Mutiny/Rebellion

11. After the Rebellion 1858 Raj:
British government takes direct control of India
Raj:
Part of India under direct British control
Refers to British rule in India from 1857 – 1947
Cabinet minister in London controls policy
British governor in India carries out government orders
Viceroy