INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT RESEARCH NOTES
Name:
Research Topic:
Date:
My Claim and Supporting Evidence
MY CLAIM : The country of_______________________ gained independence by...
Background Info and Introduction to topic. (Introduce your topic to your audience so they
understand the context of the independence movement you have researched)
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What country controlled this country before independence?
What was life like in this country under colonial rule?
When did this country gain independence?
How did this country gain independence?
Who were important leaders of this independence movement?
What strategies did people use to help this country gain independence?
RESEARCH NOTES
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What was life like in _______________ under colonial control?
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The East India Company was more powerful than the emperor himself and it
controlled some 60 percent of India (TCI World Connections Ch 25, 2015)
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In an effort to raise as much money as possible, contracts for payment of
land revenue were raised to a high level. Many peasants were forced to
leave their lands, and during the 1820s and 1830s India experienced a
financial crisis. Taxes on the Indians were very high, and demands for such
products as cotton cloth and indigo declined, causing a loss of revenue.
Famine and unrest resulted (World History: The Modern Era “British East
India Company”, 2015)
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The Indians were denied the right to hold offices and participate in their
government (World History: The Modern Era “British East India Company”,
2015)
The East India Company was a British Company that controlled almost all of India.
The Company had more power than the leaders of the Indian people and used that
power to make themselves rich. Many Indian’s lives were hard during this time.
Control by the EIC lead to farmers losing their jobs, famine and people becoming
upset. Indians did not have the right to rule themselves in their own government and
the whole government was all controlled by the EIC.
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Sources: Works Cited (in MLA format) - required to have at least 3