India_Imperialism

Thesis:The Spread of western ideas influenced British India to become stronger. At one piont, strong enough to defeat the British and become Independent

__**Research of Terms (Complete Definitions are on Prezzi)/ Collaboration**__  =__British East India Company__-The company played an important role in politics, economy, and trade.Towards the mid 18th century the company had turned to military and political intervention to advance its interests.The employees of the company were able to use this to thier advantage to protect the companies interests.During the late 18th century, parliment also establised board of control to control the companies affairs.Lord Cornwallis was the governor general or also viceroy. Still the company employees continued to abuse authority. The financial and political autonomy became increasingly constrained.A viceroy is a person who is the head of the british adminstration in India.=

=__Sepoy Rebellion__-At first, this rebellion was unorganized, but then became organized. The Indians even took over the cities of Dehli and Kapur, at one piont. Unfourtanatley, later the British defeated them, and reclaimed all of their cities. The British believed this rebellion was a response of a conservative society motivated by the not thought out, insidious programs of refrom.The actuality is that the British rule did a lot more in the late 18th century then before.Even though the British defeated the Indians, the British began to take the Indian veiws into accoung more often.=

= = =**Viceroy****- a viceroy is a person who is the head of the British Administration in India. Lord Cornwallis is an example.**=

=**Indian National Congress. –**=

=The Indian Nation Congress, founded in 1885 in Bombay, was a nationalist group that fought against British rule for freedom. After gaining independence in 1947, the congress was the most successful political party. The development of the group was made possible by the colonial education system. The first meeting was in Bombay in 1885 and it addressed the needs of the founders. They admired the education that the British brought, but they wanted more of their culture and freedom. The second generation of the Indian National Congress wasn’t as educated and was not able to achieve a high status as they could in the new colonial order. Then after World War 1, Ghandi was a great addition to the congress and from there they progressed.=

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=**Ghandi**-=

=Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Ghandi helped free India from British rule. He was Indias greatest political leader. He believed in non violence fighting but promised to free his people from British rule. His famous revolt was the salt march. He led a 240 mile march to stop the taxing on salt. Before his fame, he was in London. He studied medicine to help his family. He then studied law and religious philosophy. After World War I, Ghandi returned home. He soon joined the national congress, a nationalist political party. After the massacre at Amristar, Ghandi wanted to take action. He taught that everyone had to be unified to be able to defeat the British. Other leaders also convinced people to boycott British services and “spin their own cotton”. Ghandi then released the satyagraha (meaning non-violence reisitance) method meaning he promised to be free from British rule in one year.=

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=**Nehru**-=

=Jawaharlal Nehru was a nationalist leader and the first ever prime minister of India. He was against British rule and wanted freedom for India. He followed some of Ghandi’s campaigns but was arrested for the “Quit India” campaign. Like Ghandi, he traveled to London to learn about socialism and nationalism. When he returned to India, he joined Ghandi’s campaign. He admired Ghandi’s satyagraha because it was different than the ineffective terrorism like the Great Mutiny. Later, Nehru was sentenced to jail for six months. After being released he attended many Indian Congresses and also attended a congress against imperialism.=

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=**Muslim League**-=

= = =The All India Muslim league was a political organization that was for Muslims only. They needed their own organization because there were not many Muslims in the Indian National Congress (INC). This organization allowed for the Muslims to have an input in the government. In the elections of 1945-1946 the Muslim league won 75% of the Muslim votes. At first the league started out just wanting more rights for Muslims, but eventually helped create the dominion of Pakistan a Muslim dominion.= = = = = =**Mohammed Ali Jinnah**-= =At first he was a Muslim who helped the Hindu people fight against British Rule, then he decided that he wanted a separate Muslim State (Pakistan). In the beginning of his life he was a lawyer who acted like an Englishman: he dressed like one, he had English manners, and he spoke like an Englishmen. He got a more public role when he joined the colonial governments Imperial Legislative Council. He joined the Muslim League, which wanted more rights for Muslim people. He later on became the leader of the Muslim League. He died from old age in 1948.= = = =**Deforestation**-= =this is literally when the forests loose trees and loose them so fast that they can’t grow trees to replenish the forest. This happened in India during the British Colonization, because of the rapid expansion of agriculture. They cut down the forests because they needed the trees for raw materials and then they were shipped. For example, the Indian markets needed the plywood.= = =

=**Overview:**=

=The spread of western ideas, in British India made the Indian people smarter/ stronger.Later making them be able to gain their independence.The British East India company basically started it all because after it came the Viceroys and annexing of India. Gandhi, Nehru, and Jinnah are great examples of what kind of leaders came out of learning these ideas through education, which was also an idea of the British. Without the British their would have never been universities as early as there were. The Muslim League and the Indian National Congress show how they accomplished their goals of being represented. This idea of fighting for their right or actually being able to do would have never happened without education. The Sepoy rebellion also shows this because before they weren't paid much attention to and didn't have much of a voice, but after they became somewhat heard. The Sepoy Rebellion also led to everything else, except the British East India Company which came before it. After India gained its independence, Deforestation was a sad effect of the colonization for the newly independent Indian people to deal with.=

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In this cartoon Gandhi is staring at a British Man, who is trying to charm some proposals for Gandhi. The British guy is waiting for the rope to move but it will never happen because it is a rope and therefore cannot be charmed. If you look closely had the British Man’s face you will see that his cheek muscles look stressed and there for he is trying really hard. Gandhi is standing and laughing at the British man’s attempts. This shows that Gandhi has benefited because he knows about both Indian culture and British Culture while the British man has not even taken the consideration to look at what he is trying to do; the British Man has gotten sloppy. This is showing how the Indians have started to outsmart the British.

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