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Transcript of Thursday Warm-Up In your warm-up section write what you see is going on in the political cartoon...
Thursday Warm-UpIn your warm-up section write what you see is going on in the
political cartoon below.
Map Key –Finish coloring your map!
Great BritainSierra LeoneGold CoastNigeriaEgyptUgandaBritish East AfricaNorthern RhodesiaNyasalandWalvis BayBechuanalandSouthern RhodesiaUnion of South AfricaSwazilandBasutolandBritish SomalilandGambiaAnglo-Egyptian Sudan
BelgiumBelgian Congo
IndependentLiberiaEthiopia
GermanyTogolandKamerunGerman East AfricaSouth West Africa
ItalyLibyaEritreaItalian Somaliland
PortugalPort GuineaCabindaAngolaMozambique
FranceMoroccoAlgeriaTunisiaFr. Equitorial Afr.Fr. West AfricaFrench SomalilandMadagascar
SpainSpanish MoroccoRio de OroSpanish Guinea
Discussion
Why do you think Great Britain would interested in controlling India?
(Discuss with your table partner)
Imperialism in India Seven Years’ War(1756-1763)-
leaves Britain as major power in India
Indirect Rule- Majority of country was in Indians hands Traditional princes were
allowed to control their provinces
British East India Company- rules India until 1857 Aim was to profit from
selling Indian cotton cloth, silk and sugar
British East India Company• Trade company, supported by the British government, that
controlled trade within the British Empire• Allowed to control India with little influence from the British
government• Had its own army in India commanded by British officers, but
made up of Indians soldiers(Sepoys)
Sepoy Mutiny• Mutiny-open rebellion against
constituted authority in armed forces
• Over the years Sepoys feel they are being treated unfairly
• 1857-Sepoys refuse to use the cartridges supplied for their new rifles– End of cartridges had to be bitten off
before being loaded– Rumored to be greased with cow and
pig fat– Goes against religious beliefs of Muslims
and Hindus
Mutiny Turns to Revolt• After refusing to use the new cartridges, a whole regiment of Sepoy
troops were imprisoned by the British.
• Other Sepoys attempted to free these prisoners and it snowballed into a revolt across all of northern India.
• There were many massacres where hundreds of Europeans were killed by Sepoys who were bent on revenge and on kicking the British out of India.
Results of the Rebellion• The British suppressed the
rebellion and abolished the British East India Company
• India became a British colony • In 1877 Queen Victoria took the
title Empress of India• Direct Rule- India would now be
controlled directly by the Crown of England
• The Raj- Portion of India under direct control of the British
“Jewel in the Crown”• Great Britain considered India its most precious jewel (colony)
in its Imperial crown• Industrial Revolution turned India into a major supplier of raw
materials to Great Britain• 300 million Indians were a large market for British products
Raw Materials Taken from India • Tea • Indigo (dye for clothing)
Raw Materials Taken from India• Coffee • Cotton
Raw Materials Taken from India• Jute (fiber for making rope)
• Opium
British Economic Restrictions• British forbade India from
trading on its own with other countries
• India was forced to produce raw materials for only Britain and to buy finished products from only Britain
• Indian competition with British finished products was forbidden
Improvements in Transportation• Britain set up a railroad network to take raw materials from
inside India to its ports
Positives for India• Great Britain laid the
world’s third largest railroad network in India
• Railroads brought unity to disconnected regions in India
• Modern road network
■ Telephone and telegraph lines
• Dams, bridges, canals
• Sanitation and public health improved
• Schools/colleges founded• Truces betweenlocal warring rulers in India
Negatives for India • British held all political and
economic power
• British restricted Indian-owned industries
• Cash crops made it impossible for small farmers to produce enough food for themselves
• Racist attitudes of most British officials and missionaries threatened Indian traditional life
What’s the Connection?• On page
__92____, create this chart. IND
IMP
MILNAT
Let’s make connections between these ideas.How are they related?
IND made MIL possible b/c
weapons could be mass-
produced
Nation
s nee
ded
bigg
er m
ilitar
ies
to p
rote
ct co
loni
es
With your table, make more connections
between the “isms.” Be prepared to share!
Reading Passages• On your own, you will read the two passages about British
rule in India• On the side that says Impact of Colonialism you will you will
complete the Cause and Effect chart based on the reading• On the side that says Sepoy Rebellion you will complete the
following tasks:– Circle key figures in the text– Underline the main idea of the reading– Highlight and put a “?” over words you don’t know (define the words
using a dictionary or your device and the space below the reading)– Summarize the story in one sentence(In your own words)
• Hand in your completed worksheet at the back of the room