Yr 8 end of year test Flashcards
what was the name of the trading company set up in 1600 that gradually took control of India
east India company (EIC)
what can the story of lord Liverpool tell us about the relationship between Indians and the British
they mixed freely as lord Liverpool’s grandma was Indian and intermarriage between them was common
what was the name of the group of people that ruled India before and during British rule
Mughals
why did the east India company initially encourage good relations between British traders and the locals
good for trade
they weren’t interested in how their traders behaved as long as they made money
how many are estimated to have died in the 1770 famine in Bengal while the EIC were partial rulers.
at the time it was an estimated 10 million dead. more recently is was said to be closer to 3 million
how did the EIC react when people in Bengal were dying of starvation
they continued to force people to pay taxes and provided little or no food for the starving
which religious Hindu custom did the british ban
Sati - burning of widows
when did the british ban sati
1829
what other examples of the british interfering in Indain customs were there from the early c19th
the British passed a law saying english should be the main language of lessons in school and university
what was the name of the evangelical british ruler in India at the same time sati was banned
william bentinck
why did the banning of sati mark a turning point in relations
first time britain interfered in local custom
what was the name of the christians who travelled overseas to spread Christianity
missionaries
what product did the British tax heavily on in c19th
salt
what was the name of Indian soldiers who served under british order
sepoys
what was the short term trigger cause that caused the Indian mutiny in 1857
a rumour was spread between muslim and hindu sepoys that the bullets were coated in cow and pig fat
how many Indians were killed following the mutiny of 1857
100,000-150,000
how did 1857 change british-indian relationships
mutual suspicion. british adopted policy of divide and rule
who took control of India following 1857
the government / Queen Victoria took control from the EIC
this began the British Raj
how did ghandi help the british in ww1
recruited Indian soldiers to fight for them
what was the name of the act passed by the british in 1919 that restricted the rights if indians
rowlatt act
name two rights the rowlatt act took away
right to fair trial
right to free speech
which violent event led by the british turned many Indians against the british in 1919
the amritsar massacre
what is the anme of the man who ordered the attack on the peaceful protests in amritsar
general dyer
roughly how many Indians were killed at the amritsar massacre
379
name one non-violent action ghandi took to undermine british rule
salt march-thousands arrested
encouraged indians to sew their own cloth and boycott british made cloth
hunger strike
who replaced winston churchill as prime minister of britain in 1945
which party did he belong to
clement attlee
labour party
why might this new prime minister make Indian independence more likely
he was a socialist
less pro-empire than conservative churchill
which anti-imperialist country did this new government turn to for money (loans) to rebuild britain
america
when did India gain independence from britain
1947
what was the name of britain’s first African colony to reach independence in 1957
Ghana
the handover of Hong Kong to China marked the end of the british empire
when did this take place
1997
