1. BRITISH IMPERIALISM IN INDIA
Date

2. BRITISH EXPAND CONTROL IN INDIA
British East India Company controlled with sepoys
Sepoys - Indian soldiers
India - “Jewel in the Crown”
most valuable of all colonies
Colonial policies
India supplied raw materials and forced to buy British goods

3. British Trade Goods Railroad network Plantation crops
tea, indigo, coffee, cotton, jute, opium
Opium traded to China for tea
U.S. Civil War increased cotton production in India (why?)

4. Impact of Colonialism in India
Positive
railroad network
allowed for modern economy
telephone/telegraph lines
dams, bridges, irrigation canals
sanitation/health improve
schools/literacy increased
end to local warfare

5. Impact of Colonialism in India
Negative
British held most political and economic power
restricted Indian-owned industries (businesses)
cash crops caused famine
missionaries and racism threatened Indian way of life

6. Sepoy Mutiny
Sepoys refused to bite rifle cartridges greased with beef/pork fat
Muslims/Hindus
Sepoys jailed and set off rebellion throughout India
Hindus and Muslims could not unite and defeat British soldiers
Raj
British take direct control of India

7. Nationalism Grows in India
Many Indians begin to demand self-rule for India
Two Nationalist Groups form
Indian National Congress in 1885 (Hindus)
Muslim League in 1906 (Muslims)
The division of these two groups made it difficult to achieve independence from Britain