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INDIA UNDER BRITISH RULE

INDIA UNDER BRITISH RULE. EUROPEAN PRESENCE A STRUGGLE FOR POWER BEGINS – EARLY 1700S MUGHAL EMPIRE IN DECLINE BRITISH AND FRENCH RISE TO POWER COMPETE FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC POWER COMPETE TO TAP NEW SOURCES OF WEALTH FIGHTING BREAKS OUT BOTH FIND ALLIES AMONG INDIAN RULERS

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INDIA UNDER BRITISH RULE

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  1. INDIA UNDER BRITISH RULE • EUROPEAN PRESENCE • A STRUGGLE FOR POWER BEGINS – EARLY 1700S • MUGHAL EMPIRE IN DECLINE • BRITISH AND FRENCH RISE TO POWER • COMPETE FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC POWER • COMPETE TO TAP NEW SOURCES OF WEALTH • FIGHTING BREAKS OUT • BOTH FIND ALLIES AMONG INDIAN RULERS • 1760S – BRITISH VICTORIOUS

  2. BRITISH RULE • INDIAN GRIEVEANCES BY 1850S • “SATI” OUTLAWED BY BRITISH • INDIAN PRINCES RESENT FOREIGN DOMINATION • HIGH TAXES ANGER FARMERS • CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES RESENTED BY HINDUS AND MUSLIMS • REPRESENTED A THREAT TO ENTIRE WAY OF LIFE/CULTURE. WHAT ARE THE 7 ELEMENTS OF CULTURE?

  3. 7 ELEMENTS OF CULTURE • SOCIAL ORGANIZATION • CUSTOMS & TRADITIONS • LANGUAGE • ARTS & LITERATURE • RELIGION • FORMS OF GOVERNMENT • ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

  4. ACTION TAKEN: SEPOY REBELLION OF 1857 • CAUSES • GENERAL UNREST • RUMORS THAT THEIR GUN CARTRIDGES WERE GREASED WITH BEEF OR PORK FAT • HINDUS BELIEVED COWS WERE SACRED • MUSLIMS FORBIDDEN TO TOUCH PORK • NEW LAW: INDIANS REQUIRED TO FIGHT FOR BRITAIN IN FOREIGN LANDS • RESULTS • BRITISH WON • POLITICAL CHANGES • 1858: INDIA BECAME A BRITISH COLONY • LEFT LASTING DISTRUST

  5. EFFECTS OF BRITISH RULE • ECONOMIC CHANGES • IMPROVED ROADS • BUILDING OF RAILROADS & TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS • INDIA BECAME A MARKET FOR BRITISH GOODS – PASSED LAWS LIMITING THE IMPORT OF INDIAN GOODS

  6. SOCIAL CHANGES • IMRPOVED HEALTHCARE/SANITATION • INFLUX OF YOUNG INDIANS INTO THE CITIES • ESTABLISHED SCHOOLS & COLLEGES TO EDUCATE HIGHER CASTES • BRITISH-EDUCATED INDIAN MIDDLE CLASS EMERGES • LEARNED ENGLISH • LEARNED HISTORY • POLITICAL IDEALS: LIBERTY, FREEDOM, CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED • CONTRIBUTES TO NATIONALISM

  7. INDIAN NATIONALISM • INC: INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS • EST. 1885 • CONSISTED OF MOSTLY URBAN HINDUS • 1920 – GANDHI BECAME PRESIDENT • MUSLIM LEAGUE • EST. 1906 • LEADER – MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH • BELIEVED SUBCONTINENT SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO 2 NATIONS – HINDU AND MUSLIM

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