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British Imperialism in India
Ch. 11, Section 4
The British Empire
British East India Company• 1800’s: company operated in India with no regulation by
British government
• company had its own army• Company army led by
British army officers
Jewel in the Crown
• IR turned Britian into the world workshop• India had 300 million people & lots of resources• Britain restricted India from competing– Closed factories– Mid-1800s, India primarily exported raw materials,
not manufactured goods• During Raj, British built railroads, roads, canals
in India– India had 4th largest railroad network in world
“Jewel in the Crown” Britain set up a railroad network to take raw materials from
inside India to its ports
Raw Materials Taken from India Tea Indigo (dye for clothing)
Raw Materials Taken from India Coffee Cotton
Raw Materials Taken from India Jute (fiber for making rope)
Opium (plant that heroin is made from)
Positives for India Great Britain laid the
world’s 4th largest railroad network in India
Railroads brought unity to disconnected regions in India
Modern road
network
■ Telephone and telegraph lines
Dams, bridges, canals
Sanitation and public health improved
Schools/
colleges founded Truces between
local warring rulers
in India
Negatives for India British held all political and
economic power
British restricted Indian-owned industries
Cash crops made it impossible for small farmers to produce enough food for themselves
Racist attitudes of most British officials and missionaries threatened Indian traditional life
Sepoys• Indians who joined British armies in India – Resented by other Indians
Sepoy Mutiny 1857 gossip spread amongst Sepoys (Indian soldiers for
the British)
the seals of their ammunition had to be bitten off they believed the British dipped the seals of their
ammunition in beef and pork
(Hindus can not eat beef/ Muslims can not eat pork)
Sepoy Rebellion
• In 1850: 300,000 men in army.– Only 50,000 were British
• 100,000 British men ruling over 200 million Indians
• by 1850 economic problems increased feelings of resentment and nationalism
• Sepoy Mutiny breaks out on May 10, 1857
The sepoy army was “a delicate and dangerous machine, which a little mismanagement may easily turn against us.”
- Governor of Bombay
Picture of Sepoy rebellion
Turning Point
1858 British government took direct control over India (because of the Mutiny)
Raj (time period when
India was under Great
Britain’s control:
1757-1947)
Questions for Reflection:
• Why did the British conquer and colonize India?
• Who were sepoys and why did they rebel against the British?
• How did the Sepoy Rebellion change the political situation in India?
• What were the effects of British Imperialism on India?
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