BRITISH IMPERIALISM IN INDIA

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Effect East India Company gains control of India

• Cause
• In 1757 Robert Clive leads troops over Indians _at_
  the Battle of Plassey

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Cause British establish a R.R. network in India.

• Effect
• R.R.s transport raw Unfinished materials
• India becomes very profitable for Britain

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Effect Villagers are no longer self-sufficient
food production declines and famine sets in.

• Cause
• British restrict Indian owned industries
• Britain reduces food production in favor of cash
  crops

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Cause Sepoy Mutiny occurs uprisings spread
over much of Northern India.

• Effect
• Britain assumes direct control of India
• Racism Distrust Grows

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Effects Indians form Indian National Congress
the Muslim League, which eventually call for
self-government.

• Causes
• Reformers want India to Modernize
• Increased Nationalist Feelings
• Resent British Discrimination

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Causes British partition Bengal into Hindu
Muslim sections

• Effects
• Terrorism forces Britain to divide India in order
  to avoid rebellion.

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• Britain believed India to be its most valuable
  colony