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