India Flashcards
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British interest in India
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It had lots of potential for major supply of raw materials.
“jewel in the crown”-> most valuable of all British colonies
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Suez Canal
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Egypt, connects Mediterranean and red seas. Used British loans but could not pay it back. British took financial control of the canal
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East India Company
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joint-stock company to help influence trade in India
became leading power in India
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Sepoys
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Indian Soldiers
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Sepoy Mutiny
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Sepoys rebellion against Britain
for going against there religion.
Indians couldn’t unite and British took over.
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Indian nationalist groups
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Indian national congress (1885) Muslim league (1906)
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Postive effects of Imperialism
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reduced local warfare improved sanitation schools and hospitals provided lifespan increase literacy rates improved economic expansion railroads,dams, phone, telegraph built
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Negative effects of Imperialism
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Africans lost control of land+independence died of disease famine breakdown of traditional cultures African continent divided kinship groups were split
