CHAPTER 12 SECTION 4
BRITISH TAKE OVER INDIA
WOODRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
MR. BELLISARIO
DECEMBER 11 & 12, 2013
LESSON OBJECTIVES
• UNDERSTAND THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF
THE SEPOY REBELLION.
• EXPLAIN HOW BRITISH RULE AFFECTED INDIA.
• DESCRIBE HOW INDIANS VIEWED WESTERN
CULTURE.
• IDENTIFY THE ORIGINS OF INDIAN
NATIONALISM.
REMEMBER HOW BIG THE BRITISH
EMPIRE WAS
QUESTION #1+#2
• MAIN IDEA: BY THE MID-1800’S, THE BRITISH
EAST INDIA COMPANY CONTROLLED THREE
FIFTHS OF INDIA.
ANSWER #1
• INDIA WAS DIVERSE IN ITS CULTURE. THE
BRITISH COMPANY DIVIDEDED EACH CULTURE
FOR THEIR BENEFIT.
ANSWER #2
• EAST INDIA COMPANY MAIN GOAL WAS TO
MAKE MONEY FOR ITS STOCK HOLDERS,
INCLUDING THE BRITISH CROWN.
QUESTION #3+#4
• MAIN IDEAS: 1857- THERE WERE SEVERAL
CAUSES AND RESULTS OF THE SEPOY
REBELLION.
ANSWER #3
• SEPOY, WERE BRITISH TRAINED INDIA
SOLIDERS. ISSUED NEW RIFLES GREASED
WITH COW AND PIG FAT. THIS WAS AGAINST
THE HINDUE AND MUSLIM RELIGION.
QUESTION #4
• 1858-THE WAR CAUSED THE BRITISH
PARLIAMENT TO TAKE CONTROL OF INDIA
FOR THE BRITISH CROWN.
QUESTION #5,#6,#7
• MAIN IDEA: BRITISH POLICIES WERE
DESIGNED TO FIT INDIA INTO OVERALL
BRITISH ECONOMY.
ANSWER #5
• BRITAIN SAW INDIA AS A NEW MARKET FOR
ITS GOODS AND NEW RAW MATERIALS.
ANSWER #6
• BRITISH IMPROVEMENTS FOR INDIA:
FARMING (CASH CROPS), RAIL ROADS, ROADS,
TELGRAPH, HOSPITALS, GOVERNMENT,
JUSTICE SYSTEM ETC.
COTTON & JUTE MAP
ANSWER #7
• BRITISH EMPIRE BROUGHT PEACE AND ORDER
TO THE INDIA COUNTRYSIDE.
QUESTION #8,#9
• MAIN IDEA: INDIANS AND THE BRITISH
DEVELOPED DIFFERENT VIEWS OF EACH
OTHER’S CULTURE.
ANSWER #8
• A GREAT INDIA SCHOLAR, RAM MOHUN ROY
BECAME THE FATHER OF INDIAN
NATIONALISM.
ANSWER #9
• SOME ADMIRED INDIAN THEOLOGY AND
PHILOSOPHY. OTHERS DISMISSED INDIAN
CULTURE WITH CONTEMPT.
QUESTION #10,#11
• MAIN IDEA: EXPOSURE TO EUROPEAN IDEAS
CAUSED AN INDIAN NATIONALIST MOVEMENT
TO EMERGE.
ANSWER #10
• 1885- NATIONALIST PARTY FORMED, CALLED
THE INDIAN NATIONALIST CONGRESS
(HINDUS).
ANSWER #11
• 1906- MUSLIM LEAGUE (SEPARATE MUSLIM
STATE)
QUIZ TIME
1. 1800’S- COMPANY THAT CONTROLED 3/5 OF INDIA.
HINT: THEIR GOAL WAS TO MAKE MONEY FOR
STOCKHOLDERS!
ANSWER: EAST INDIA COMPANY
2. EXAMPLES OF TWO CASH CROPS GROWN IN INDIA
THAT YOU CAN NOT EAT.
ANSWER: COTTON & JUTE
3. INDIAN SCHOLAR, WESTERNIZATION AND REFORM
TRADITIONAL INDIA CULTURE. FOUNDER OF INDIAN
NATIONALISM. INDIA FOR INDIANS!
ANSWER: RAM MOHUN ROY