6-Relations With Indigenous People✔️ Flashcards
Name 3 effects of the Indian Mutiny
-was a challenge to British rule, British spent a year battling rebels
-emperors sons were executed- no chance to restore the Mughal empire to the throne
-1858, parliament took control of the EIC and the British Raj began
What was the British Raj?
A period of direct British rule over the Indian subcontinent
Why did the British begin to annex bantu land?
Diamonds and gold were found near Kimberly
Talk about the Diamond rush
-1867 the discovery of diamonds near Kimberly triggered a diamond rush
-1871 Rhodes has moved to Kimberly and by 1890 he had purchased every diamond mining company in Kimberly
-Rhodes monopolized south African diamonds and in 1889 he formed the south African company
Benefits and drawbacks of the British Raj
-the British provided schools and unis but only the privileged few could benefit
-british provided jobs for indians, on railways, in the army, police ect
Built railways but these were geared to needs of control and trade; most villages lacked even mud roads
Poverty continued: death rates from faime were high
How was education impacted by the Indian rebellion?
-in the 30 years following the rebellion, 60,000 indians entered the universitys
-universities were established in Bombay and Calcutta in 1857
-elite schools such as Mayo college were set up to produce westernized oriental gentleman
How was the government and society in India effected by the Indian mutiny?
-relationships between ruler and ruled had grown further aggravated
-the British imposed legal systems that favoured themselves still
-even thoes with education found it hard to obtain promotions beyond the lower ranks of the colonial bureaucracy
-british rule was regarded with indifference or resentment
-although the British tried to act in a more religiously sensitive way, they also grew more aloof. After 1858 a greater deal of separation set in
How did the economy change in India after the rebellion?
-growth investment rapidly changed after the rebellion- especially railways, they helped stimulate trade and the development of previously inaccessible areas
-some European style factories where built although since the bulk of manufactured goods came from britan there was virtually no heavy industry
Background of boers and bantu British relations
-the lands of the bantu had been subjected to colonisation by Europeans for centuries
-the British had taken possession of Cape colony at the tip of the continent during the Napoleonic wars
-relations between the British and boers had been reasonably peaceful until the middle of the 19th century
Relations with Boers and Bantu, 1867-80
-it was the discovery of diamonds near Kimberly that opened a path of greater friction
-this attracted both white settlers and indigenous bantu speaking people to the area
-1868 the British annexed Basutoland claiming that the indigenous Africans there where seeking British protection
-1871 British took west Griqualand- caused racial prejudice upon the Boers living there
-the area suffered instability as both the British and boers tried to exert great control over an area which had become of great value for traders
Relations with Boers and Bantu, 1880-90
-from 1880 Boers rejected British control, attaching the British army
-after a humiliating British faliure at Majuba Hill, the Brits were forced to sign the convention of Pretoria which recognized boer self government in the Transvaal
-1886 new gold discoverys near the Transvaal produced further instability and brought a mass of Europeans
Treatment of Bantu
-in all this expansion and empire building, little thought was given to the local Bantu people
-land was increasingly eroded by the settlers
-laws were passed that limited the right of black Africans to have any claims over the mines or to trade in their products
-black Africans relegated to preforming manual labour while whites got skilled jobs
-black workers forbidden by law from living where they wanted, forced to stay in segregated neighborhoods or mining compounds
