Indian mutiny/ Indian independence Flashcards
What does mutiny mean
Mutiny means when a soldier goes against their Generals and does not follow them.
what did the english do to punish the sepoys who disobeyed them.
They strapped people to the front of a canon and then shot it or they used to sew them into pig skin.
what was one reason why the sepoys rebels
they rebelled because they were treated unequally and the british put pig and cow oil into the cartridge which unsalted there religions.
what were the two religions that the british insulted by using the cartridges
Islamic and Hindu.
which countries traded from india to make money
England, France, Dutch, Danish and Portugal.
which country was the first to find India
Portugal.
what was the explorer name who found india.
The explores name is Vasco da Gama
What year was india found.
1497
how were indian people treated
they were treated very badly to a point that the english killed 800,000 people of starvation.
what was the east india company
It was a trading station where loads of goods were sent all over the world
what were some of the metirealt that the english took from india
grain, gold, silver, tin and iron
