1. BRITISH IMPERIALISM IN INDIA
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2. BRITISH CONTROL OVER INDIA
British East India Company ruled over India until the 1850s
It is lead by British officials who employ Sepoys - Indian soldiers who protect British trade interests
The Sepoy army consisted of 300,000 Hindus and Muslims

3. INDIA IS THE JEWEL IN THE BRITISH CROWN
Population = 300 million, made India a large market for the British to sell their manufactured goods
India major supplier of raw materials: tea, indigo, cotton, coffee, opium, etc…
Restrictions imposed on the Indians: 1. Indians produce raw materials Indians must buy British goods Indian manufacturers were not allowed to compete with British factories. Crushing the Indian textile business!!!!!

4. IMPACT OF BRITISH COLONIALISM IN INDIA
NEGATIVES:
Britain restricted Indian ownership of industries
Place emphasis on cash crops
Missionaries
Racism
POSITIVES:
Railroads
Modern network of roads
Telephone and telegraph lines
Dams, bridges and irrigation canals
Schools and colleges

5. Sepoy Soldiers vs. The British East India Company
SEPOY REBELLION
Sepoy Soldiers vs. The British East India Company
1857: Sepoys revolt as a result of years of mistreatment: Hindus and Muslims forced to use rifle cartridges greased with animal fat Traditional class and religious differences are ignored by British 3. Force Sepoys to fight and defend their colonies abroad
G.B. crushes rebellion and takes DIRECT CONTROL over India. This period is known as “The RAJ”

7. Imperialism in India The Sepoy Rebellion “The Great Rebellion”
Sepoys (Indian soldiers)
refused to use cartridges
coated with animal fat due
to Hindu and Muslim dietary
laws. ( )
British executed the leaders.

9. CALLS FOR REFORM
Ram Mohun Roy leads modernization movement: wants to abolish the practices of arranged child marriages and the rigid separation of society created by the caste system
Many Indians adopt western ways and call for social reforms
NATIONALIST GROUPS QUEST FOR INDEPENDENCE:
Indian National Congress (1885)
Muslim League (1906)

10. Ch. 27-5 IMPERIALISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

11. EUROPEANS RACE TO CLAIM PACIFIC RIM
Dutch, British, French, Germans and Americans
Raw materials: sugar cane, coffee, cocoa, rubber, coconuts, bananas, pineapple

12. Analyze Imperialist claims in Southeast Asia
Complete the chart below with a partner
European Power
Area controlled
Details/Significance
Netherlands
Britain
France
United States

13. DUTCH EXPAND CONTROL
Controlled the island chain known as Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas, Bali
Wanted the oil and tin that were discovered here along with other natural resources
Dutch saw this area as there new home and thus created a rigid caste system: 1. Dutch 2. Wealthy and educated Indonesians 3. Plantation workers
Farmers must plant 1/5 their land in a specific export crop

14. BRITISH TAKE the MALAYAN PENINSULA
Singapore:
Island off the tip of the Malay Peninsula
Becomes one of the world’s busiest ports
Burma:
Huge reserves of tin and rubber
Chinese immigrate in waves to fill the labor needs.

15. French in Indochina Control Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
Used direct control
Exported rice at the cost of the Vietnamese

16. COLONIAL IMPACT
Modernization mainly helps European business at the cost of the colony
Education, health, and sanitation improve
Millions migrate to southeast Asia to work in mines and on plantations
Colonialism leads to racial and religious problems

17. PACIFIC ISLANDS
US gains the Philippines after Spanish-American War (1898)
Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino nationalists against US rule
3 year revolt put down by US
US promises to prepare Filipinos for self- rule
Focus on cash crops leads to food shortages

18. Hawaii American establish sugar cane plantations on the islands
By 1800s accounts for 75% of wealth
US business leaders want annexation of Hawaii- adding it to the country
1893-Kick out Queen Liliuokalani
US annexes Republic of Hawaii (1959-becomes a state)