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Under British Rule Pages 193-198
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(Do not write this) Countries Colonized by Britain North America Canada, the U.S The Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago Sub-Saharan Africa Botswana, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe SW Asia and N. Africa Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Sudan, UAE, Yemen South Asia Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka SE Asia Brunei, Burma, Malaysia, Singapore Australia and Oceania Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Tuva
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Europeans in India Many European countries saw great riches in India(1600s) England set up the East India Company & forced Indian rulers to grant the British power British outlawed many Hindu practices and raised taxes
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Sepoy Rebellion Sepoys- Indian troops who served in the British army New law made Indians use British weapons and fight over seas for England Sepoys upset- rumored that cartridges of rifles made grease w/ beef or pork fat **British put down uprising
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India Becomes British Colony 1876- Queen Victoria becomes empress Direct rule through British officials New laws Controlled courts
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Effects Improved travel travel communication communication health care health care sanitation sanitation
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BUT India’s industry was practically destroyed due to British imports Farmers grew less food to grow cash crops WHY? To pay for British imports Result= famine
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Solution? 1920- Mohandas Gandhi leads country to gain home rule
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Freedom and Partition Pages 201 to 204
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Partition (division) Hindus and Muslins intensely fought over ideology, rights, and rule Britain partitioned India as Hindu nation and Pakistan as Muslim nation 15 million fled the 2 countries to get to their perspective nations
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Turning Point in Struggle for Freedom Amritsar (uhm-rit-ser) Massacre- 10,000 Indians gathered to protest harshness of British British troops opened fire killing 379 and wounding 1,100 Goal- Complete separation from British
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Gandhi Inspired common people to work towards change Developed satyagraha- “truth force”- nonviolent resistance Used Hindu beliefs and Christian traditions Followed civil disobedience- refusal to obey unjust laws
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Gandhi continued Wanted the the world to realize that the British were wrong by taking punishment and not fighting back Reached out to untouchables and Muslims Encouraged boycott of British goods
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Salt March (1930) British forbade Indians to make salt British HEAVILY taxed their salt MG led followers on 200 mile march- broke law by making salt from sea water British arrested Gandhi and 50,000 Indians
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Independence (1947) Gained independence from British because 1.Refused to help British in WWII 2.Popular opinion opposed the British having overseas colonies
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The Death of Gandhi Assassinated in 1948 by a fellow Hindu. Gandhi’s assassinator felt that he betrayed the Hindu religion by embracing Muslims.
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