Why Were The British Not Master Gardiners?

Question 1

Key word

Monopoly

Answer 1

Exclusive right to trade

Question 2

Key word

Sepoy

Answer 2

Indian troops serving in the British Army

Question 3

Key word

Nawab

Answer 3

A Muslim title/ Muslim nobleman

Question 4

Key word

Mutiny

Answer 4

An open rebellion against authority, usually by soldiers or sailors

Question 5

Key word

Raj

Answer 5

Rule, Particularly British rule in India (1858-1947)

Question 6

Key word

Viceroy

Answer 6

Literally, the deputy for the monarch: the title of the man who headed up the government in India after 1858

Question 7

Key word

Cash crops

Answer 7

Crops (cotton or tea) which are produced to be sold at market at a profit rather that for the farmer to feed their family

Question 8

Key word

Doctrine of Lapse

Answer 8

A policy applied by the BEIC until 1858. It said any Indian princely state would be annexed (taken) into British India if the ruler was judged by the British to be clearly incompetent or died without a male heir

Question 9

The Raj- key features

Military

Answer 9

Indian soldiers continued to be vital to British rule. European officers controlled Indian soldiers in the Indian army. Around 40% of India’s wealth was spent on the army which was used by Britain all over the world including wars i South Africa in 1899-1902 and WW1 and WW2

Question 10

What year was the East Indian company founded

Answer 10

1600

Question 11

What year was the first East India company trading post set up in Surat by permission of the Mughal Emperor- others followed Ed in Madras (1638) and Bombay (1668)

Answer 11

1612

Question 12

What happened in the year 1707?

Answer 12

Emperor Aurangzeb died and Mughal control began to weaken

emphasised by Nader Shah of Persia’s raid in 1739, when he defeated the once mighty Mughal armies.

Question 13

The 1750’s and onwards

Answer 13

Following clives success at the battle of plaster in bangal, the EIC used a combination of military force and negotiation with local princes to extend its political and economic control into other areas of India. In the 1700s there were considerable integration between EIC employees and the Indian people with whom they worked learning local languages amatrying Indian women or adopting aspects of Indian customs and culture

Question 14

1800-1850s

Answer 14

The British in India became increasingly separated form the local people dressing in British clothes and refusing to learn local languages. The British government allowed missionaries to travel to India to spread Christianity