1. The British Take Over India
Section 4 Chapter 25

2. After the death of Ranjit Singh, (a Indian ruler) Britain conquered the Sikh empire.
Britain's East India Company gained trading rights in the Mughal empire
In the mid 1800s they controlled 3/5 of India
To gain control they played rival princes against each other
The company became very rich but also worked to improve roads, preserve peace, and reduce banditry
They tried to change the political and religious views of the people
Some practices were outlawed such as sati, which is where a widow must join her husband in death by throwing herself on his funeral fire

3. In the 1850s the company required sepoys (Indian troops) to serve in India and over sea this offended their religion
Hindu widows could now remarry, this also offended them
1857 the British offended them again, they gave the sepoys new rifles the had been greased with animal fat, the animals were sacred to the Hindus and forbidden to muslims
The angry sepoys started a rebellion that swept across northern and central India
Then they marched to Delhi to issue a document asking for support from Muslims and Hindus
Sepoys massacred British people
The British crushed the revolt, and took revenge on the Indians by torching villages
In parliament ended the rule of the company
India was now controlled by British crown they began to tax the indians

4. 1858 colonial rule is set up in India
Britain used the country for trade and materials, they thought they were helping with reforming farming and transportation methods
Due to British control many people sink deeply into poverty
The British did promote justice for India
They helped give India a sense of national unity

5. Due to Britain the newly western educated Indians, India began to spearhead the nationalist movement
They wanted to end imperial rule
1885 Indian National congress was organized
They wanted to achieve self-rule but to be supported by western style modernization