1. British imperialism in India British in India (1600s)
1707 Mughal Empire collapsing
1757 – 7 years’ war – British defeat the French and Indians
East India Company in control
a business
British Gov’t not involved
Company had its own army the Sepoys (Indian)
economic imperialism
India
fuel the industrial revolution
marketplace to sell British goods
British Goods

2. RUMOR – rifle cartridges (bullets) were greased in beef and pork fat
The Sepoy Mutiny
1850 British controlled most of India
attempted to convert them to Christians
RUMOR – rifle cartridges (bullets) were greased in beef and pork fat
Had to bite off the end to use
Hindus – do not eat cow
Muslims – do not eat pork
OUTRAGED
Soldiers refused to use cartridges
Britain threw them in jail (bad idea)
Rebellion in northern India lasts a year
Indians cannot unite – Muslims and Hindus
Result – Britain takes over (Raj)

3. 1947 – India gains independence
Led by Mahatma Gandhi
Civil Disobedience
Non- Violent Protest
Refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government
Influence Martin Luther King Jr.
Fasts (stop eating food)
Call attention to a cause

4. Unlike much of Africa, India became very modern
Positives of Imperialism
British build:
Railroads & Roads
Make money
Travel
telegraph & telephone lines, dams, bridges, irrigation canals
Sanitation Systems
Schools
Hospitals
British Army puts an end to bandits and criminals
Religious Freedom

5. Negatives of Imperialism
Indian had no control of:
Government
Economy
Could not own businesses
Could not decide what crops to grow
Forced to grow cotton, not food – famines
Scarcity of food
Racism