1. “India under the British”
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“India under the British”
Imagine you are an Indian living under British rule.
How have the British affected your way of life?
How do you feel about the British being in charge?
On desk: India reading packet & questions 1 – 4

2. 11/20/13
World History Agenda
Finish religions presentations
What was British colonialism in India like? (class notes)
HW: p. 359 – 360, #5 – 8
**Honors essays due today

3. Religions Presentations
Christianity
Buddhism
Unitarianism
Judaism
Hinduism
Sikhism
Islam

4. Imagine you are an Indian living under British rule.
How have the British affected your way of life?
How do you feel about the British being in charge?

5. Indian soldiers working for the British government
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Vocabulary
Sepoys:
Indian soldiers working for the British government
Textiles:
cloth and clothing

6. ability of people to take care of themselves, without help from others
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Vocabulary
self-sufficiency:
ability of people to take care of themselves, without help from others
Example: Tim and Jane are self-sufficient because they know how to grow their own food.

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Vocabulary
Cash crops:
crop produced for it’s profit, rather than for use or consumption by the grower
Example: The British made Indians grow cash crops, like cotton, to be sold in Great Britain; not the rice, corn, and wheat Indians were growing before.

8. British East India Company is leading power in India from 1757 – 1858
1. What company had control over India and how long did they have this control? How much did the British government interfere with this company’s control of India during this time?
British East India Company wins decisive battle to control most of India
British East India Company is leading power in India from 1757 – 1858
British East India Company is a private
company; it is NOT the British govt.
British govt. had little control and few regulations in India during this time.

9. Tea, indigo, coffee, cotton, jute, & opium
2. What are 2 economic reasons why Britain considered India the “jewel” in its “crown” of colonies?
Industrial revolution in Britain needed India’s raw materials for economic production
Tea, indigo, coffee, cotton, jute, & opium
India’s population in 1700’s:
300 million people
300 million people = more people to buy British products

10. Loss of ability of Indians to take care of themselves
3. How did the British restrict India’s economy?
British forced Indians to produce raw materials/grow cash crops instead of growing food
Loss of ability of Indians to take care of themselves
Reduced food production = famines
Forced Indians to buy British-made products instead of Indian-made
Indian industries (textiles) put out of business

11. British built 3rd-largest railroad system in the world in India
4. How did British colonization of India positively affect India?
British built 3rd-largest railroad system in the world in India
This brought together different regions of India.
Built roads, telegraph/telephone lines, dams, bridges, irrigation canals, etc.
This helped bring India into the 19th & 20th centuries economically
Sanitation, public health, schools & colleges.
Literacy rates & overall health improved
Ended fighting among small local rulers & criminals

12. Exit Ticket
What is your homework?
HW: p. 359 – 360, #5 – 8
**Honors essays due today