Ms. Susan M. Pojer Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY Modified by: Modified by: Pamela Hammond Pamela Hammond Brantley County HS Brantley County HS Nahunta, GA Nahunta, GA India under British Rule “Jewel in the crown”
India under British Rule “Jewel in the crown”. Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY Modified by: Pamela Hammond Brantley County HS Nahunta, GA. Early European Control. Mughal Empire allows European to establish trading posts in India (Port, 1498 others follow) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Ms. Susan M. PojerMs. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NYHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Modified by: Modified by:
Pamela HammondPamela Hammond
Brantley County HS Brantley County HS Nahunta, GANahunta, GA
India under British Rule
“Jewel in the crown”
Early European Control• Mughal Empire allows
European to establish trading posts in India (Port, 1498 others follow)
• East India Companies are formed (joint stock companies) by Br, Fr, Du
• 1600s Br. Bombay, Calcutta, Madras
• Mughal Empire collapsing in 1707
• Invasions by Iran further weaken
• Europeans see a lack of leadership move in to take advantage….
• Br and Fr Seven Years War (1756-1763) Fr loses most of its ports in India
• Br. EIC, under leadership of Robert Clive, win battles against Fr and seizes their ports (1856)
British East India Company • India was ruled not by Britain but
by a corporation• Trade not colonization was main
goal• Colonization developed over time
to control trade in raw materials….
• Employed Indians to serve in the army to protect company interests SEPOYS
• British rule over growing parts of India referred to as Raj (reign)
• Introduce “westernization, Anglicization, and modernization
• Supports “traditions”…shows favoritism toward some to gain favor and loyalty
• ship’s passage paid in return for 5-7 years work;
• paid small wage…Indians, Africans, and some Chinese take Br up on offer
Australia and New Zealand
• James Cook explores and claims between 1769 & 1778• Better ships (clipper) make travel easier• Encounter hunter gatherers in Australia and
fishermen/farmers in New Zealand• Br sees Australia as an outlet for overcrowded prisons…first
settlers were 736 convicts…ill equipped and ignorant about farming, building….practically failed
• Treated Aborigines must like Amerinds treated in Americas diseases killed off, mistreatment, pushed off land (did not get rights until 20th century)
• Gold discovered in Australia in 1851---rush of immigrants—sheep herding, and industry grew in region
• New Zealand good waters for sealing and whaling….almost wiped out species
• Br. encouraged self-gov following Canadian model (1867)…feared independence movements like in US…1901 Australia become a federation w/n Br. Commonwealth, 1907 New Zealand becomes a self-gov dominion.
• Both areas first to grant women the right to vote (1894)