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imperialism-india
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| how did the imperialism of india differ from that of africa or china | india was only dominated by one european country-england |
| how were europeans able to make inroads into india | able to get in through ports |
| how did british control india | the british east india company |
| why was india called the "jewel in the crown" | provided resources for great britiain |
| products produced in india and important for england | cotton (clothes), coffee and tea(important to british diet), opium (British was selling this to china) |
| how did india serve british economic needs | india was a large market for their good. india was a supplier and buyer |
| sepoy | native indians |
| why did the sepoys rebel | the gunpowder cartridges were greased with pork and beef fat- goes against their religion |
| in order to suppress the rebellion what did british do | british sent troop |
| results of the rebellion | british took direct control of india |
| what id a raj | 1858-1947. era of british colonial rule over india |
| postive britsish impact | railroads, telegraph, telephones lines, modern hospitals, medince, edu |
| negative britih impact | indians lost all political independence. indains were discriminated against |
| why was india unity against the british difficult to foster | the muslims and hingus distrusted eachother bc they were from differenct cultures/religions |
| what was one nationalistic step forward | the indian national congress |