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How did the British take control of India?

How did the British take control of India?. L/O – To identify the reasons why the British took control of India. Starter – In what ways does Indian culture influence modern day Britain?. After conquering most of North America from the French, this was the size of the British Empire in 1763.

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How did the British take control of India?

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  1. How did the British take control of India? L/O – To identify the reasons why the British took control of India Starter – In what ways does Indian culture influence modern day Britain?

  2. After conquering most of North America from the French, this was the size of the British Empire in 1763 Britain was also interested in other places like India, which is what we are studying today

  3. The East India Company (EIC) • In 1600, a group of Tudor merchants set-up an organisation called the East India Company (EIC). They wanted to trade with India and make themselves rich. • The companies first voyage ended in disaster but within 150 years, the company was making a massive fortune for its members and SHAREHOLDERS. • It was even ruling large parts of India! The men who had set out to become traders in India had become the rulers of India. • What goods do you think the Indians might want from Britain? • What goods might the British want from India?

  4. How did the EIC make money?

  5. Problems or Opportunities? • By 1700 the Company’s trade depended on Aurangzeb, the Mughal emperor. He was a strict and powerful ruler who made the Mughal empire bigger than ever. While Aurangzeb ruled, the EIC traders had his protection. • But in 1707 Aurangzeb died. After this no one could keep control of India in the same way. His sons and grandsons fought each other to take his place while local rulers grabbed power for themselves and turned on each other in a scramble for land and riches. • Would a war in India be good for the East India Company?

  6. The East India Company Trading Game • Each player takes the part of an East India Company agent. • It is 1740. You are about to set off on an 8 week journey through southern India, collecting the usual goods. • On your return you must write a report for the EIC directors in London, persuading them to take more control over large areas of India.

  7. The East India Company Trading Game • 8 Rounds in the game. Each round represents a week. • Each round you must: • Roll the dice • Find the correct number on the board and look across to the correct week to find out what has happened to you • Record what has happened in a journal, using the chart on your hand-outs. Make sure you include enough details to help you write a really good report afterwards. • When every player has finished Week 8 work out which agent in your group gathered the most crates. Did anyone reach 100?

  8. Questions • What events in the game helped you trade? • What events in the game prevented you from trading? • What could the East India Company do to overcome these trade problems?

  9. Report to the EIC directors • You have just finished your trading expedition. You must now write a report for the EIC directors persuading them to take more control over India and telling them: • What sort of goods you have been trying to collect • What helped you trade (events in the game that made it easy to trade) • What hindered your trade • Reasons why you think the directors should take over areas of India and rule them. Explain why this will make trade easier…but point our how it may cause some problems as well Dear Directors of the East India Company, 1740,

  10. How did the EIC grow? • By 1700 the EIC owned land at three main trading bases in Madras, Bombay and Calcutta. From these bases, company agents would travel around trading with Indian merchants. • The EIC also won huge privileges: the merchants paid no taxes and no customs duties. The Company was very wealthy and became very powerful. • The EIC used its wealth to bribe local rulers and set-up new trading posts throughout India. It even had its own private army! EIC by 1800

  11. Plenary • In what year was the East India Company founded? • How did the EIC make its money? • Why would Indians allow the EIC to trade in India? • What helped the trade of the East India Company? • What hindered the trade of the East India Company? • Why did the East India Company take over large areas of land in India? • Were the British just traders who became ‘accidental rulers’ or did they know exactly what they were doing? Did we meet our learning objective? L/O – To identify the reasons why the British took control of India

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