1. Warm Up
How did European nations take advantage of stresses in the Muslim world?
Summarize 2 problems that contributed to Ottoman decline
Summarize how Egypt modernized
Why did Russia and Britain compete for power in Persia?

2. Warm Up Sit anywhere  Don’t forget Study (5 min) for quick vocab quiz
Turn in DBQ docs (homework due)
Pick up new homework – Due Wednesday
Study (5 min) for quick vocab quiz

3. Vocabulary Quiz Please define the following on a piece of paper
Turnpike
Labor Union
Imperialism
Genocide
Sphere of influence

4. Make Your Own Notes Group Note taker Presenter Task manager
Time keeper

5. Make Your Own Notes East India Company (329) Sepoy Rebellion (329/330)
Exploiting Indian Diversity
British policies
Sepoy Rebellion (329/330)
Causes of discontent
Rebellion and aftermath
British Colonial Rule (330/331)
Different Views on Culture (331)
Indian Nationalism (332)

6. Setting the Stage
For more than 200 years, Mughal rulers governed India
Britain turned it commercial interests in India into a political one

7. East India Company Won trading rights in India (early 1600’s)
By 1800’s, they controlled 60% of India
Indians with different traditions and languages were not able to unite against them
British encouraged rivalries among groups
If unsuccessful, they used their weapons to overpower local rulers

8. Implementing British Polities
Main goal – to make $$$$$
Improved roads, preserved peace, and reduced banditry
Western education, laws and legal procedures
Missionaries tried to convert Indians to Christianity
Pressed for social change

9. Social Changes End to slavery End to caste
Improve the position of women within the family
Ban of Sati

10. Why was Britain interested in India
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11. Answer
Industrial Revolution!
Need for COTTON

12. Predict
Predict how trading cotton with the British would affect India’s economy

13. Cotton: A valuable Cash Crop
Turn to page 331
How did British policy contribute to famine in India?

14. Growing Discontent 1850s, East India Company made unpopular moves
Required Sepoys to serve in military (even overseas which was offensive to the religion)
Passed a law that allowed Hindu widows to remarry
1857 British issued new rifles to Sepoys
Troops were told to bite off the tips of the cartridge before loading them into rifles

15. Sepoy Mutany Cartridges were greased with animal fat
Cows (sacred to Hindus)
Pigs (forbidden to Muslims)
When troops refused, they were put in jail

16. Warm Up Presenters – get your poster!
Explain why Great Britain wanted to imperialize India
Summarize the modernization impacts Great Britain had on India
What was the cause of the Sepoy Rebellion?
Turn to page 330 in your textbook

17. Map
Turn to page 330
What regions were most greatly affected by the Sepoy Rebellion?
Write 3 questions based on the information on the map

18. Finish Presentations

19. Aftermath Revolted against the British (North/Central)
declared Mughal ruler as their leader
Massacred British men, women, children
Britain officially took control of India
Revenge: torched villages and slaughtered people
Led to fear and mistrust on both sides
Some view this as 1st act in Indian Independence that didn’t happen until after WWII

20. British Rule in India Positive
New roads and railroads link parts of India
Telegraph and postal system unite people
Irrigation system improves farming
New laws mean justice for all classes
British schools offer education
Customs that threaten human rights are ended

21. British Rule Negative Indian Resources go to Britain
British made goods replace local goods
Farms grow cash crops rather than food crops; Indians go hungry
Top jobs go to British
Indians treated as inferiors
Britain tries to replace Indian culture with western ways

22. Different Views on Culture
Indian and British attitudes varied

23. Indian Nationalism Grows
1885
Nationalist leaders create the Indian National Congress
Believed in peaceful protest
Called for greater democracy
Eventual self rule; supported western style modernization
Muslim and Hindus worked together at first
Muslim’s eventually create Muslim League

24. British Railroads and Indian Nationalism
Turn to page 332
Theme: Geography and History
How did railroads encourage Indian nationalism?

25. “Thank God for Tea” Turn to page 329
Why did the British East India Company earn huge profits?

26. Questions How did the British exploit Indian diversity?
What changes did the East India Company bring to India?
What were the causes of the Sepoy Rebellion?
How could the Sepoy Rebellion be interpreted as resulting from British feelings of superiority?
Why do you think the Sepoy Rebellion was so violent?

27. Critical Thinking Questions
Word doc

28. Activity
Take on the role of an Indian Nationalist opening a new school
English? One of the major native Indian languages?
Did British have the right to pass laws that tried to reform the caste?

29. Closure
Pass the plate