Slide 1 Slide 2 The British Empire Slide 3 “The sun never sets on the British Empire.” But the crown jewel of the empire was India. “The sun never sets…
Slide 1 Slide 2 How did India become a British colony? Slide 3 1498 – European arrival (Portugal) Vasco da Gama of Portugal Slide 4 16 th c. – Portuguese Empire at maximum…
Slide 1 Haitian Revolution Slide 2 Haiti Located in the Caribbean Originally colonized by the French Site of sugar plantations Site of the largest successful slave rebellion…
Slide 1 Imperialism http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=alJaltUmrGo&safe=active Watch a quick intro video to get your brain moving!! Slide 2 Effects of the Industrial Revolution…
Slide 1 IMPERIALISM in ME and India Slide 2 THE BRITISH TAKE INDIA BACKGROUND: In early 1600s, the British East India Company built trading bases in India By 1756, the British…
Slide 1 IMPERIALISM in ME and India Slide 2 EUROPEAN CHALLENGES TO THE MUSLIM WORLD BACKGROUND: In 1500s, 3 great Muslim empires ruled: Mughals in India, Ottomans in Middle…
Slide 1 Chapter 8, Section 4 INDIA UNDER BRITISH RULE Slide 2 The first European explorers to gain a foothold in India were the Portuguese. The Dutch, French, and…