British Dbq

Where would India be if the British did not settle in India? India was controlled by the Mughal Empire in the early 1700’s. When the Mughal Empire collapsed the British east India company come into India. The British took control over India in 1857. The British saw India as the brightest “jewel in the crown” because India had what the British wanted, and that was all of India's natural resources. The British opened up many windows for India to grow in. The British also opened up more jobs, and even raised pay, you may even say the British and India become friends. Although the British robed India of their resources , they also killed millions of Indians before there was peace. The British also used India to make money.

From 1570 to 1750, silver was mainly mined in Spanish colonial America and Japan. They traded their silver and gold for Chinese luxuries and about 30% of all the silver exported by the Spanish Americas ended up in China. Having required that all taxes and trade fees be paid in silver, China’s economy was soon backed by silver. Though it may seem like this only affected China, this caused a great impact on the whole world both socially and economically because, like it said in document 1, even the poorest men had silver in China, but in Spain, prices of precious Asian luxuries increased, and, due to the widespread distribution of silver, the value of silver decreased (document 2), which harmed Spain’s economy greatly. This also affected Britain

After the French and Indian War also known as Seven Years War, the British Government started taxing the colonists in order to pay the debt from the French and Indian War. The British Government established many acts such as Stamp act, Sugar act, Quartering acts etc. that required paying taxes. These taxes really upset the colonists and slowly it forced the colonies to break away from Britain and be Americans. During the british taxes, first, the colonists wanted to stay loyal to the british crown, after, they started to think about uniting with the other colonies against Britain, and then finally they decided to break away from Britain and be considered as Americans.

The British organized the expansion of railways, and by the time India became independent, 10,000 miles of new railroad tracks had been laid (Lalvani). These railroads seemed like a good thing, to allow easier transportation and communication, but they were mainly used to transport cotton and other cash crops out, and British-made fabric back in, which the Indians were forced to buy (Document 3). The Indians were no longer allowed to weave their own fabric and if they were caught doing it their fingers would be cut off (Document 3). This put many Indians out of jobs because weaving was the main job for many people and they were replaced by the machines back in England. The British claimed to have opened national parks and protected endangered species (Lalvani) but the environment still suffered drastically during the time of British imperialism (Document 6). The forced growing of cash crops like cotton and indigo ruined the soil and made it harder to grow crops because of the higher salt content, a process called salinization (Document 6). The British also cut down many forests which made the climate hotter and the air more polluted (Document 6). This process made life a lot harder for the Indians because while they struggled to grow and sell the cash crops, they were making it harder for themselves to grow more crops in the future. The British expanded the railways in India, but they also ruined the land, and economy, resulting in an overall negative effect on the environment and the lives of many

What caused the colonies to separate from Great Britain was that Great Britain decided that people in the colonies needed to have troops to maintain the peace between the colonists. They hated that the British had neglected them for so long and then out of nowhere they came and made changes that the colonies did not agree on. This caused some major controversy between the colonist and the troops, that later lead to the event of the Boston Massacre, where five colonist where killed. To make matters worst the Parliament decided to tax the colonist for the “helping” of the troops as well as restricting where people could settle. In 1764 and 1765 the sugar and stamp act were passed latter followed by the taxation on imports such as paper, pain,

Contrary to an average American's belief on how Americans actually came to be, they did not do it completely on their own or the perfect American way. In fact, it all started around the seven years war when Great Britain beat France in the war for world empire. By doing this they also opened the lands west of the Appalachian Mountain for settlement. In order to win this war the british had to rack up a great amount of debt and mortality. They were able to do all of this without the slightest of help from the colonies and afterwards most british people were unhappy with colonists because of their lack of sympathy and support. The colonists simply stopped focusing on Great Britain in general and more on expanding their own territory to the newly opened lands. Almost everyone in the colonies now thought themselves as no longer British and started creating their own American identity.

The difference in development between Chesapeake and New England occurred because one focused their views based around religion and the worshipping of God while the other region based their economy and region on working,farming,and ways to gain money. This development came about because of the different settlers that came from Europe and their purposes behind moving from Europe to the Americas and how people raised their children and came up with similar views . A piece of evidence from document A that shows New England was focused more on religion is “ God Almighty in his most holy and wise providence hath so disposed of the condition of mankind [that] in all times some must be rich,some poor,some high and eminent in power and dignity, other

Such as the right to remain silent, the right to know that anything said can be held against the individual in court and the right to have a defense attorney present during questioning. Plus, the court established guidelines for police to follow in notifying suspects of their legal rights before questioning starts. Number three, The Revenue Act of 1964 helped deliver a necessary improvement to the economy. Number four, The Civil Rights Act that Kenney offered to congress in 1963 became law in 1964. Through Johnson’s violent leadership and legislative savy. The Law banned racial discrimination in public services such as bus stations, restaurants, theaters, and hotels. It also offered new powers to the federal government to carry lawsuits against

Of the people of the English origin in 1700 the regions of their societies had developed into two distinct differences between each other. There were many differences of why the people that were all the same origin split apart and went their own ways. It all started around the 1600s when the people started to realize that there was all differences between them and that one day things were going to change by the “government” system they had set up to take in place and move many people around. One difference is the rich and poor, there was a conflict between these around that time period that made the rich the most powerful and if you didn’t have money you were owned by them and pretty much had no freedom to yourself at all.

South India had many different opinions and beliefs when came to the politics and led to many rise in rebellion. Ultimately, the uprising led the British government to take complete political rule over South Asia. The British came to South Asia as merchants, but also had territorial desires. British slowly gained control over India by using numerous means like diplomacy and direct takeover. The rule had a major influence on the social and political life of South Asia society. The British raj ruined the established economy of India and affected India’s finances to Britain. The British dominated the deals of all types of raw resources and bought them at low costs; however, the people in India had to buy the same items at overpriced amounts. This

Britain’s self-glorifying empire building was a great hindrance on the Indian economy. Britain employed the “Mother Country'; system in Indian. This is where the raw materials of the colony (i.e. India) are harvested and shipped to the Mother country (i.e. Britain.) The raw

administration. British rule out India just about had helped unify India, that until then was

Due to the conization, India became depended on Britain for everything. The people in India had no political say over the government in India which now controlled by the British.The conflict between traditions, customs, and discontented elites lead to a rebellion. (Imperialism in India Earth And its Peoples 5th Edition)

The question asks us to investigate the positive and negative effects of Imperialism in your country. Imperialism is a policy of extending or “passing on” a country's power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means (Yahoo Dictionary). The India ‘before imperialism’ was ruled by The Mughal Empire (1526-1858), a kingdom that was much larger and more powerful than any other European country at that time. India was blooming, population wise and the talk of their products reached the farthest corners of the globe. But, the Mughal Empire’s rule didn’t last long and began declining at 1707, granting entrance to outside powers. India is located in the south of the Asian continent, bordering the Arabian

     The people of India, who were discouraged with Britain’s policies, eagerly waited for Gandhi’s return. They had been showing dissent towards the government on a small scale, but they needed Gandhi’s political initiative and leadership. The British would not share industrial secrets, levied high taxes, restricted industrial investment, and limited any kind of economic advancement for the Indians.(Spodek 667). Gandhi began to assist several protests that had been initiated against the British and got the Indians to participate in hartals. These hartals are similar to sit down strikes. At one sit down in 1919 the Indians were protesting the Rowlatt Acts. The British decided that they would show their power and killed 379 people and injured over1100. This is when Gandhi and all of India proclaimed “non cooperation” with Britain.