India quiz

Rule had a negative effect on India as it took away people's power and decreased their standard of living. The Company forcefully siezed control in Bengal following Indian defeat.

Based on the situation in Bengal, what effects dud the Company rule have on Indians?

conquest and military strength and expansion of industry

How did the British consolidate their power in India?

Treaties and conquest and military strength

How did the British gain power in India?

conquest and military strength, expansion of telecommunications and transportation networks, expansion of industry

How did the British maintain power in India?

The Hindus believed in many gods --> each caste came from a body part of one single god

How did the caste system mix with religion?

hospitably and agreeably. They favored the British over the Portugese

How were the British initially treated by the Mughal government in India? Why?

Replaced Indian industry with their own; enslaved Indians, forced them to grow cotton, give it to Britain, and by it back from the British as clothing; took Indian leaders back to Britain, educated them on British ideals and sent them back to rule India;2/3 of the British army were Indian

WHat actions taken by the British might have made the Indians resist colonization?

Hindu

What Indian religion established the caste system?

reform it

What did the British want to do to the caste system?

they were absorbed into it

What happened to the Muslims in terms of the caste system?

There was discontent among the sepoy soldiers stemming from the forceful taking of Indian land by the British and the forcing of British culture and customs on the Indians. The last straw was the use of the Enfield rifle, which was rumored to violate the Hindu and Muslim belief that they should not have contact with pigs and cows. The sepoys outnumbered the British soldiers and their discontent was ignored, leading them to rebel

What lead to the start of the Sepoy Rebellion?

King Charles granted the Company rights to autonomous territorial acquisitions, to mint money, command fortresses and troops, form alliances, make war and peace, and exercise criminal jurisdiction over the acquired areas. The Company essentially became a "nation" in the Indian mainland, it was an imperial force in India.

What rights did King Charles grant the British East India Company in the 1670s? How did this change the Company's role in India?

Untouchables:garbage men and other low jobs

What was below the fourth caste called and who made it up?

The British East India COmpany was a joint-stock company. Their goal in India was to explore and trade with India, and to make money for the company's shareholders. They traded cotton, silk, saltpeter, indigo, and tea

What was the British East India Company? What was their goal in India? What did they trade?

operated trading posts in India and had a great influence and power. Viewed as a "nation" in India

What was the role of the British East India Company in India?

Britain took direct control over the land formerly owned by the Company, the last Mughal emperor was exiled and his sons were killed, cultural and religious centres were closed down, properties of those participating in the uprising were confiscated, and the British attitude towards the Indians changed.

What were the effects of the Sepoy Rebellion?

Hindu and Muslim

What were the two dominant Indian religions?

Raw materials and market to sell goods

What were the two reasons that the British wanted to trade with and later control India?

sati, purdah, child arranged marriages

What were three negative parts of the caste system?

1950. Dalit. no

When was untouchability outlawed? What was the new name for the Untouchables? Was the law enforced?

They were not well-organized, they had no clear leader, and they lacked support

Why were the sepoys unable to free India from the British?

purdah

isolation of women in separate quarters from men

sati

practice of Hindu woman of upper caste throwing herself onto her husband's burning funeral pyre so she wouldn't be a financial burden to her family

Indian soldiers employed by the British East India Company.

who were the Sepoys?