Thursday Warm-UpIn your warm-up section write what you see is going on in the

political cartoon below.

Map Key –Finish coloring your map!

Great BritainSierra LeoneGold CoastNigeriaEgyptUgandaBritish East AfricaNorthern RhodesiaNyasalandWalvis BayBechuanalandSouthern RhodesiaUnion of South AfricaSwazilandBasutolandBritish SomalilandGambiaAnglo-Egyptian Sudan

BelgiumBelgian Congo

IndependentLiberiaEthiopia

GermanyTogolandKamerunGerman East AfricaSouth West Africa

ItalyLibyaEritreaItalian Somaliland

PortugalPort GuineaCabindaAngolaMozambique

FranceMoroccoAlgeriaTunisiaFr. Equitorial Afr.Fr. West AfricaFrench SomalilandMadagascar

SpainSpanish MoroccoRio de OroSpanish Guinea

Discussion

Why do you think Great Britain would interested in controlling India?

(Discuss with your table partner)

Imperialism in India Seven Years’ War(1756-1763)-

leaves Britain as major power in India

Indirect Rule- Majority of country was in Indians hands Traditional princes were

allowed to control their provinces

British East India Company- rules India until 1857 Aim was to profit from

selling Indian cotton cloth, silk and sugar

British East India Company• Trade company, supported by the British government, that

controlled trade within the British Empire• Allowed to control India with little influence from the British

government• Had its own army in India commanded by British officers, but

made up of Indians soldiers(Sepoys)

Sepoy Mutiny• Mutiny-open rebellion against

constituted authority in armed forces

• Over the years Sepoys feel they are being treated unfairly

• 1857-Sepoys refuse to use the cartridges supplied for their new rifles– End of cartridges had to be bitten off

before being loaded– Rumored to be greased with cow and

pig fat– Goes against religious beliefs of Muslims

and Hindus

Mutiny Turns to Revolt• After refusing to use the new cartridges, a whole regiment of Sepoy

troops were imprisoned by the British.

• Other Sepoys attempted to free these prisoners and it snowballed into a revolt across all of northern India.

• There were many massacres where hundreds of Europeans were killed by Sepoys who were bent on revenge and on kicking the British out of India.

Results of the Rebellion• The British suppressed the

rebellion and abolished the British East India Company

• India became a British colony • In 1877 Queen Victoria took the

title Empress of India• Direct Rule- India would now be

controlled directly by the Crown of England

• The Raj- Portion of India under direct control of the British

“Jewel in the Crown”• Great Britain considered India its most precious jewel (colony)

in its Imperial crown• Industrial Revolution turned India into a major supplier of raw

materials to Great Britain• 300 million Indians were a large market for British products

Raw Materials Taken from India • Tea • Indigo (dye for clothing)

Raw Materials Taken from India• Coffee • Cotton

Raw Materials Taken from India• Jute (fiber for making rope)

• Opium

British Economic Restrictions• British forbade India from

trading on its own with other countries

• India was forced to produce raw materials for only Britain and to buy finished products from only Britain

• Indian competition with British finished products was forbidden

Improvements in Transportation• Britain set up a railroad network to take raw materials from

inside India to its ports

Positives for India• Great Britain laid the

world’s third largest railroad network in India

• Railroads brought unity to disconnected regions in India

• Modern road network

■ Telephone and telegraph lines

• Dams, bridges, canals

• Sanitation and public health improved

• Schools/colleges founded• Truces betweenlocal warring rulers in India

Negatives for India • British held all political and

economic power

• British restricted Indian-owned industries

• Cash crops made it impossible for small farmers to produce enough food for themselves

• Racist attitudes of most British officials and missionaries threatened Indian traditional life

What’s the Connection?• On page

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Let’s make connections between these ideas.How are they related?

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With your table, make more connections

between the “isms.” Be prepared to share!

Reading Passages• On your own, you will read the two passages about British

rule in India• On the side that says Impact of Colonialism you will you will

complete the Cause and Effect chart based on the reading• On the side that says Sepoy Rebellion you will complete the

following tasks:– Circle key figures in the text– Underline the main idea of the reading– Highlight and put a “?” over words you don’t know (define the words

using a dictionary or your device and the space below the reading)– Summarize the story in one sentence(In your own words)

• Hand in your completed worksheet at the back of the room