IMPERIALISM IN INDIA

NIA RALSTON 02/8/15 WORLD CIVILIZATION

BRITISH EXPAND CONTROL OVER INDIA

• THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT CONTROL THE EAST INDIA COMPANY’S EFFORTS IN LONDON AND IN INDIA.

• THE COMPANY RULED INDIA WITH LITTLE MEDDLING FROM BRITISH GOVERNMENT UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE 19 TH CENTURY. • BRITISH TREASURE INDIA FOR ITS POTENTIAL THAN ITS ACTUAL PROFIT.

• THE REVOLUTION TURNED BRITAIN INTO THE WORLDS WORKSHOP. THEREFORE INDIA WAS A BIG SUPPLIER OF RAW MATERIALS.

BRITISH TRANSPORT TRADE GOODS

• RAW MATERIALS WERE MOSTLY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS PRODUCED ON PLANTATIONS. TEA • INDIGO • COFFEE • COTTON • JUTE • OPIUM THESE CROPS WERE OFTEN CLOSELY TIED TO INTERNATIONAL EVENTS.

NEGATIVES IMPACT OF COLONIALISM

• BRITISH HAD MOST OF THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC POWER.

• RESTRICTED INDIAN OWNED INDUSTRIES SUCH AS COTTON TEXTILES. • CASH CROP RESULTED IN LOSS OF SELF-SUFFICIENTLY FOR MANY VILLAGERS.

• CASH CROP REDUCED FOOD PRODUCTIONS CAUSING FAMINES IN THE 1800S’.

POSITIVE IMPACT OF COLONIALISM

• MAJOR BRITISH ACHIEVEMENT WAS THE WORLDS THIRD LARGEST RAILROAD NETWORK.

• RAILROAD ENABLE INDIA TO DEVELOP MODERN ECONOMY AND CONNECTED TO OTHER REIGNS.

• SANITATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH IMPROVED.

• SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES WERE SET UP AND EDUCATION INCREASED. • PUT A END TO LOCAL WARFARE AMONG COMPETING LOCAL RULERS.

NATIONALISM SURFACES IN INDIA

• INDIANS HATED THE SYSTEM THAT MADE THEM SECOND CLASS CITIZENS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY.

• THOSE ABLE TO GET A MIDDLE CLASS JOB WERE PAID LESS THAN THE EUROPEANS.

• BRITISH ENGINEER MADE NEARLY 20 TIMES MORE THAN A INDIAN ENGINEER.

NATIONALIST GROUP FORMS

• INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 1885 AND MUSLIM LEAGUE 1906 • BOTH FOCUS ON SPECIFIC CONCERNS FOR INDIANS BUT SOON THEY CALLED FOR SELF GOVERNMENT • PROVINCE WAS TOO LARGE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSE SO BRITISH DIVIDED IT INTO HINDU SECTION AND MUSLIM SECTION • BUT RESULT INTO TERRORISM THEREFORE BRITISH HAD TO DIVIDED INTO A DIFFERENT WAY

QUESTIONS

I.

II.

WHAT CONTROLLED THE EAST INDIAN GOVERNMENT?

LIST 4 RAW RESOURCES FROM INDIA.

III.

1 POSITIVES/ 1 NEGATIVE IMPACT IV. WHY DID THE INDIANS HATE THEIR COUNTRY?

V. DID THE INDIANS GET PAY MORE THAN EUROPEANS?

VI. WHAT DID THE SEPARATION RESULT INTO WHAT?

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