Topic 6.4 - India Becomes a British Colony
in what year was Indias first war for independence against Great Britain
1857
sepoys
British-trained Indian soldiers
What company in India does the British ruin
Hand-Weaving Industry
What do all of these geographical features surround? -Himalaya Range-Mount Everest, Hindu Kush, Indus River Valley, Ganges River, Sri Lanka(island), Bay Bengel(to left), Arabian Sea(to right), Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats-Mountains, Deccan Plateau
India
Who did the British conquer and colonize
India
Indian National Congress(Congress Party-1885)
Indian nationalist leaders emerged and developed -Believed in a peaceful protest against British rule:wanted self-rule
Who wanted their own country in 1930
Muslims
What two religious groups in India split after India gains independence
Muslims and Hindus
new ways to communicate(telegraph) and transportation(railroads)
Unity between people started to occur
Ram Mohun Roy
a bilingual scholar who believed in both different perspectives(1800s)
Sati
an Indian tradition that was mostly common in the upper class that made Indian widows die on their husbands graves at their funerals.
British East India Company
controlled trade between India and Britain controlled India's political and economic life.
What was India's valued export
cotton
Population grew
due to advanced medical achievements introduced by British
What instigated the Sepoy rebellion
in 1857 because the animal grease used for gun machinery went against their religion.
Summary/Main Idea
is about the Mughal empire(1500s-1600s) in India and how they took over a large empire. Before they declined in the 1700s Mughal leaders were very powerful and Great Britain was only limited to some trading rights through the British East India Company.
Muslim League
mostly favored Western style and rule but wanted self rule
Cultural diffusion
one culture spreads to another
farming of cash crops
scarcity of food arose
India
subcontinent(on its own but part of Asia)-separated by geographical barriers + large in size
The Sepoy rebellion effect on India
the British government abolished the East India Company and took over formal rule of India.(direct rule)
Viceroy
the British queens that were set up to govern indians under the British Raj.
Cash Crop
used for its commercial value and therefore can be exported for cheap prices round the world.
Purdah
women were isolated in seperate quarters and other Indian traditions