Indian Independence Flashcards
what does mahatma man
The great soul
what does Gandhi say about bad government
Gandhi says that the government can not control over three million Indians
What country was called the Jewel in the Crown for the British Empire
India
What factors led to India gaining Independence
Disobeying the British Law
peaceful protest
What is satyagraha
the form of non-violent resistence
who ruled India under British power
Indians
what did Gandhi declare after the Armistar Massacre
That Indians take mass civil disobedience against Britain’s oppressive rule
Name three forms of non-cooperation
- civil disobedience
- to stop buying goods from the British
- Violating the Salt Tax
What is civil disobedience according to Gandhi
civil disobedience is a form of nonviolent resistance
What was the British response to civil disobedience by India
The British had ordered troops to fit against them, threatened them in a violent way when Indians protested peacefully
what year was the Indian National Congress created
Dec 28, 1885
What was the role/goal of the INC
to have a larger role in the making of British policy for India
When was the Muslim league created + for what reason?
30, 1906, it was established for the purposes of a separate
What did the Viceroy have Minto do in 1909
In 1909, Minto had made the Indians Council also known as the Morley-Minto Reforms, it was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that brought about a limited increase in the involvement of Indians in the governance of British India.
what was the Rowlatt act + when was it passed
on the 10th of March 1919, the Rowlatt act was passed. It was made to extend the emergency measures of preventive indefinite detention, imprisonment without trial and judicial.
what was the Armistar massacre
April 1919, when troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer fired rifles into a crowd of Indians, who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab.
who was General Dyer
officer of the British Indian Army
what was “The Crawling Order”
General Dyer gave orders to the people of a certain area to crawl along the street as a sign to the white people that they are more privileged and more powerful
