india

Question 1

finance

Answer 1

banks based in edinburgh fund improvements in indian infrastructure under dalhousie

Question 1

power of east india company

Answer 1

conflict between indian princes arose- eic protected its assets with a private army
eventually went from trading to controlling india

Question 2

religious practice

Answer 2

dalhousie banned suttee- widow kills herself with husband (burned to death)
banned thuggee- group of killers murder travellers by ritual strangulation with a cloth

Question 3

annexation of indian land

Answer 3

dalhousie- expanisonist policy called “doctrine of lapse”

no indian prince to heir- brits would take over land

Question 4

place names

Answer 4

Port blair, andaman islands

named after archibald blair- scottish naval captain who surveyed the islands

Question 5

religion

Answer 5

missionaries spread christian message to india’s elite in hope the poor would follow
led to widespread fear amongst indians that they would be forced to convert

Question 6

religion

Answer 6

missionaries spread christian message to india’s elite in hope the poor would follow
led to widespread fear amongst indians that they would be forced to convert

Question 7

Tea

Answer 7

1867, james taylor cleared 19 acres of forest to build a factory- for processing and packaging tea
thomas lipton- worked with taylor to buy and export his tea

Question 8

rights of women

Answer 8

dalhousie promoted status of women by:

• allowing females an education
• allowing widows to remarry
• raised age of sexual consummation in marriage