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CW19 – p610 vocab and 4 Red Line

British in India

• Many religions (Hindu, Muslim, Sikh)

• Caste System – rigid separation of classes in India

• Largely crowded, full of resources

British East India Company

• Set up trading posts in India in 1600

• Exported resources(cotton)

• Mughal Empire fell, EIC took control of India

• Goal was to makemoney, not culturally sensitive

Sepoy Rebellion

• EIC used Indians called Sepoys to fill their army

• Insulted them culturally, they rebelled

• Left legacy of fear, hatred and mistrust

• From this point on, the sides hated eachother, British government took more control

India under British Rule

• Governed by the viceroy, queens rep in India

• British exploited India, largescale deforestation

• Upper class benefited from British rule, lower class didn’t.

More British Rule

• Victoria: “India is the crown jewel of Empire”

• Made Indians servants to the British

• Constant racism

Indian Nationalism

• Indian National Congress formed in 1885, push for independence, Muslim League in 1906

• Hated being 2nd class

• Movement was split between Muslim and Hindu, took long time

• Mohandas Gandhi will unite the sides