New Colonies (Imperialism)

Question 1

UNDER EUROPEAN RULE

Answer 1

being a part of a new colony was a traumatic experience for most- loss of land, cattle, crops, houses, and life in general

Question 2

COOPERATION

Answer 2

people began to cooperate with colonial authorities (army) in order to gain protection, status, employment

> > small educated class arose as Europeans emphasized education; few highly educated (lawyers, doctors)

Question 3

SEPOY REBELLION

Answer 3

1857-1858 rebellion in India, stemming from the British introducing new rifle cartridges smeared with cow and pig fat (offensive to Muslims and Hindus- thought it was an attempt to Christianize them); British crushed them and put an end to the Mughal Empire

Question 4

COLONIAL EMPIRES WITH A DIFFERENCE

Answer 4

1. prominence of race between the ruler and the ruled (scientific racism)
even the educated class could not get high ranks within the bureaucracy 

2. colonial states could change societies and “ways of life” by governing landholding patterns, sanitation measures, public health, and missionary activity
3. gender played a role- Europeans were seen as “active, masculine” while the natives were seen as “soft, passive, feminine”
4. classifying the subject people- GB appropriated a Brahmin version of “traditional India” that they wished to see and preserve (disliked the Indian elites that harbored western ideas)
5. contradicting their own core practices and values- democracy at home, dictatorship in the colonies; violated Christianity and Enlightenment ideas by ranking social classes by race; also feared modernization and preferred traditional practices

Question 5

SOUTH AFRICAN APARTHEID

Answer 5

example of the prominence of race between the ruler and the ruled- a legal racial system that was aimed at limiting African social and political integration; the Africans were had separate education centers, public areas, residential areas, etc.