the british empire Flashcards
What is the definition of empire?
an extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch an oligarchy or a sovereign state
What is the definition of Sati?
Hindu custom in India where a window was burned to Ashes alive on her dead husband’s pyre
What is the definition of Infanticide?
the mass killing of unwanted children
positives of British rule in India - humanity
Abolition of sati and infanticide, Destruction of criminal gangs, charitable aids in times of famine
positives of British rule in India - Civilisation
Education yet only partial is a blessing. it leads gradually to the destruction of superstition & many evils
positives of British rule in India - government
Peace and order, freedom of speech and Free Press + equal justice but sometimes favouring Europeans
positives of British rule in India - Wealth
Railways + irrigation. development of few valuable products such as tea, coffee ,silk and indigo(a blue dye). increase of exports.
negatives of British rule in India - government
The British broke their pledges to give native a fair share in the running of their own country. there is an utter disregard to the feelings and views of natives.
negatives of British rule in India - wealth
Creating new taxes without improving people’s ability to pay. there have been famines that the British could have prevented. there has been a loss of manufacturing industry + skill
size of east india company army
240,000 soldiers(that is twice the size of the british army itself)
name of soldiers in east india company
Soldiers were indian and were known as sepoys.
year of sepoy rebellion
1857
Where did the Sepoy rebellion start?
Bengal
what happened in the sepoy rebellion
Sepoys shot their commanding british officers and then marched to new dehli ingniting similar rebellions all across india. It took the company 13 months to regain control woth brutal force
What are the causes of the sepoy rebellion
The Sepoys found themselves fighting fellow indians. The british demanded high taxes + rents from indians. Indians were victims of economic oppression. British used violence + tortue to collect + keep the taxes. People with complaints about the british weren’t allowed to leave their homes. Introduction of the lee enfield rifle
Lee enfield rifle
loading this involved biting the end of the cartrige which was lubricated with pig and cow fat. hindus saw cows as sacred and mislims saw pigs as dirty so soldies refused to use the rifle
what happened after the rebellion
In 1858 the east india company was banned and then india was ruled by the british raj
decolonisation meaning
the action or process of a state withdrawing itself from a former colony making it an independent country
negatives of British rule in egypt
Many ordinary Egyptians resented being ruled by the British in the early 20th century there was a small but growing independence movement
positives of British rule in egypt
Wealthy elites primarily accepted British rule they send their children britain to be educated
positives of British rule in west africa
Britain ended its role in slave trade in the early 1800s
positives of British rule in east africa
Very good treatment of locals following World War One
positives of British rule in south africa
Britain built a great deal of infrastructure to support Imperial efforts
negatives of British rule in south africa
British imprisoned thousands of Dutch boers in concentration camps
