1. BRITISH IMPERIALISM IN INDIA
Unit 3 – India
Lesson 5 – British Imperialism of India

2. Reaction to your reading
Choose to represent one of the following:
A British colonist in India
An Indian farmer
A highly educated Indian working “with” the British
A British parliamentarian, who has never been to India

3. Write a one page discussion…
Choose someone in your group you’ll be writing to
Discuss one other person you met in your group with that third person
Describe your interaction with that person

4. Discuss with the class
Feel free to read, or discuss what difficulty you had writing this
Imagine being IN that situation…
The movie Gandhi will illustrate all four of these types of people..

5. Indian Assimilation The British built:
Schools, hospitals, roads, railroads
and forced Indians to grow “Cash Crops”
The most educated learned to
speak English, and
act English
The least educated were
just left behind…
and poor…

6. Rebellion by Indians Sepoy Rebellion, 1857
Sepoys were Indians hired to be soldiers
British merchants hired them for protection
British government started using them as military
Sepoys rebelled
The guns were loaded with cartridges
Cartridges were coated with animal fat
Indians didn’t want to bite into animals

7. English Annexation of India
(Start of the “British Raj”)
Britain saw the danger of trusting Sepoys as their main military in India
British government annexed India
Goal: greater control
This ended Indian independence
Indians would now be treated as slaves
Queen Victoria
Empress Victoria

8. English Annexation of India
(Start of the “British Raj”)
Britain saw the danger of trusting Sepoys as their main military in India
British government annexed India
Goal: greater control
This ended Indian independence
Indians would now be treated as slaves
Queen Victoria
Empress Victoria

9. British controlled the Indians
The goal in the 1800s: to use India for resources
Hot climate – perfect for Cash Crops, in addition to tea & spices
And later… poppies (opium)
They educated the upper classes to help control the others
Built schools, roads, hospitals for British and upper level Indians
Some Indians appeared very British

10. Indian Nationalism Nationalist movement started in 1800s
Nationalists pushed for a removal of England
Nationalists formed Indian National Congress
Eventually led by Gandhi
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11. Quick Quiz
The British called India the “crown jewel” in the British Empire. Name four things they used India for.
What was the purpose of the National Congress?