British Rule in India British East India company were drawn in

wars as the Mughal Empire fell apart Interventions in Indian wars and Indian

disunity brought the British more territory. 19th century, India was Britain’s largest

colonized Empire. • Lots of people• Willing to serve in army brings them more

power.o Major outlet for British manufactured goods,

overseas investment and raw materials.

Imperialism

Taking over of a societyEconomically, socially and politicallyExtraction for resourcesDifferent ways to implement

Dutch and British

Not interested in changing social or cultural life until now.British East India Company was corrupt. Government takes a more active roleReform to stop corruption and British officials power, and Indian involvementWestern education in the English language was implemented as a reform

Partition of the World

I.R. increases Western military superiority.Unchallenged at the end of the 19th centuryExtracted wealth from overseas possessions and diffused what they considered their superior cultural attributes.Increases European competition and political rivalries. Leads to WW I

Dominance

 Tropical DependenciesAfrica, Asia, South Pacific. Few Europeans ruled many indigenous peoples

  White DominionsCanada and Australia. Inhabited mostly by Europeans and their descendants; indigenous peoples were few

o Moved toward self-government and parliamentary rule

Dominance

 Contested Settler coloniesGrouped territories where large European populations lived among even more numerous indigenous peoplesSouth Africa, Algeria, New Zealand, Kenya, and Hawaii

Groups clashed over control of local resources and social/cultural difference.