INDIA UNDER BRITISH INDIA UNDER BRITISH RULERULE

►EUROPEAN PRESENCEEUROPEAN PRESENCE

► A STRUGGLE FOR POWER BEGINS – EARLY A STRUGGLE FOR POWER BEGINS – EARLY 1700S1700S MUGHALMUGHAL EMPIRE IN DECLINE EMPIRE IN DECLINE BRITISHBRITISH AND AND FRENCHFRENCH RISE TO POWER RISE TO POWER

►COMPETE FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC POWERCOMPETE FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC POWER►COMPETE TO TAP NEW SOURCES OF WEALTHCOMPETE TO TAP NEW SOURCES OF WEALTH

FIGHTING BREAKS OUTFIGHTING BREAKS OUT BOTH FIND ALLIES AMONG INDIAN RULERSBOTH FIND ALLIES AMONG INDIAN RULERS 1760S – BRITISH VICTORIOUS1760S – BRITISH VICTORIOUS

BRITISH RULEBRITISH RULE

► INDIAN GRIEVEANCES BY 1850SINDIAN GRIEVEANCES BY 1850S ““SATI” SATI” OUTLAWED BY BRITISHOUTLAWED BY BRITISH INDIAN PRINCES RESENT FOREIGN INDIAN PRINCES RESENT FOREIGN

DOMINATIONDOMINATION HIGH HIGH TAXESTAXES ANGER FARMERS ANGER FARMERS CHRISTIANCHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES RESENTED BY MISSIONARIES RESENTED BY

HINDUS AND MUSLIMSHINDUS AND MUSLIMS REPRESENTED A THREAT TO ENTIRE WAY REPRESENTED A THREAT TO ENTIRE WAY

OF LIFE/CULTURE.OF LIFE/CULTURE.

WHAT ARE THE 7 ELEMENTS OF WHAT ARE THE 7 ELEMENTS OF CULTURE?CULTURE?

7 ELEMENTS OF CULTURE7 ELEMENTS OF CULTURE

►SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONSOCIAL ORGANIZATION►CUSTOMS & TRADITIONSCUSTOMS & TRADITIONS►LANGUAGELANGUAGE►ARTS & LITERATUREARTS & LITERATURE►RELIGIONRELIGION►FORMS OF GOVERNMENTFORMS OF GOVERNMENT►ECONOMIC SYSTEMSECONOMIC SYSTEMS

►ACTION TAKEN: ACTION TAKEN: SEPOYSEPOY REBELLION OF 1857 REBELLION OF 1857 CAUSESCAUSES

►GENERAL UNRESTGENERAL UNREST►RUMORS THAT THEIR GUN CARTRIDGES WERE RUMORS THAT THEIR GUN CARTRIDGES WERE

GREASED WITH BEEF OR PORK FATGREASED WITH BEEF OR PORK FAT HINDUSHINDUS BELIEVED COWS WERE SACRED BELIEVED COWS WERE SACRED MUSLIMSMUSLIMS FORBIDDEN TO TOUCH PORK FORBIDDEN TO TOUCH PORK

►NEW LAW: INDIANS REQUIRED TO FIGHT FOR NEW LAW: INDIANS REQUIRED TO FIGHT FOR BRITAIN IN BRITAIN IN FOREIGN LANDSFOREIGN LANDS

RESULTSRESULTS►BRITISH BRITISH WONWON►POLITICAL CHANGESPOLITICAL CHANGES

1858: INDIA BECAME A BRITISH 1858: INDIA BECAME A BRITISH

COLONYCOLONY LEFT LASTING DISTRUSTLEFT LASTING DISTRUST

EFFECTS OF BRITISH RULEEFFECTS OF BRITISH RULE►ECONOMIC CHANGESECONOMIC CHANGES

IMPROVED IMPROVED ROADSROADS BUILDING OF BUILDING OF RAILROADSRAILROADS & TELEGRAPH & TELEGRAPH

SYSTEMSSYSTEMS INDIA BECAME A MARKET FOR BRITISH INDIA BECAME A MARKET FOR BRITISH

GOODS – PASSED LAWS LIMITING THE GOODS – PASSED LAWS LIMITING THE IMPORT OF INDIAN GOODSIMPORT OF INDIAN GOODS

SOCIAL CHANGESSOCIAL CHANGES► IMRPOVED IMRPOVED HEALTHCARE/HEALTHCARE/SANITATIONSANITATION► INFLUX OF YOUNG INDIANS INTO THE INFLUX OF YOUNG INDIANS INTO THE

CITIESCITIES►ESTABLISHED SCHOOLS & COLLEGES TO ESTABLISHED SCHOOLS & COLLEGES TO

EDUCATE HIGHER CASTESEDUCATE HIGHER CASTES►BRITISH-EDUCATED INDIAN MIDDLE CLASS BRITISH-EDUCATED INDIAN MIDDLE CLASS

EMERGESEMERGES LEARNED LEARNED ENGLISHENGLISH LEARNED LEARNED HISTORYHISTORY POLITICAL IDEALS: LIBERTY, FREEDOM, POLITICAL IDEALS: LIBERTY, FREEDOM,

CONSENT OF THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNEDGOVERNED CONTRIBUTES TO CONTRIBUTES TO NATIONALISMNATIONALISM

INDIAN NATIONALISMINDIAN NATIONALISM

► INC: INC: INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESSINDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS EST. 1885EST. 1885 CONSISTED OF MOSTLY URBAN CONSISTED OF MOSTLY URBAN HINDUHINDUSS 1920 – 1920 – GANDHI GANDHI BECAME PRESIDENTBECAME PRESIDENT

►MUSLIM LEAGUEMUSLIM LEAGUE EST. 1906EST. 1906 LEADER – MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAHLEADER – MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH BELIEVED SUBCONTINENT SHOULD BE DIVIDED BELIEVED SUBCONTINENT SHOULD BE DIVIDED

INTO INTO 2 NATIONS 2 NATIONS – HINDU AND MUSLIM– HINDU AND MUSLIM