How Did The British Gain Control Of India

The relationship between the Natives and the British got off to a bad start when the British came in and

The French and Indian War, an important event, consisted of the French and the Indians working together against the British colonies over territorial The colonies had won after the French were forced to split their forces to send back to France for other important reasons, causing them to have to fight with a smaller army. After the French and Indian War, it was believed that the colonies/colonists who had fought for Britain would have been appreciated for. However the colonies had a sudden change of feelings towards Britain because of unexpected failed support and unfair consequences put on them, therefore the colonies and Britain felt bitter and began to dislike one another.

As shown in document one, William Smith, a British soldier states, ¨They delivered up their beloved captives with utmost reluctance… they visited them from day to day; and brought them what corn, skins, horses, and other matters they had bestowed on them while in their families...¨ Smith indirectly states that while the Indians were thought to be savages, they too showed compassion and loyalty, which showed the British that the Indians weren't quite as different from them as they

after the war indians feared attacks from the british so they attacked killing people to prevent these attacks britain signed a peace treaty

The English could not come over here and live together with the Indians. The Indians were a group that was unholy and beneath them. They had to progress their culture and their beliefs and mark out that of their opponents. Americans sought to cleanse the land of these savage beasts and further their own society.

Britain started levying heavy taxes on American Colonists to repay the money they spent for the French and Indian war. The tension over the presence of British troops in Boston led to the Boston Massacre. Another reason the colonists rebelled against Great Britain

To begin with, the French and Indian War created political changes between Britain and the colonies. After the war, Britain saw they needed to have a stronger relationship with the Native Americans in the colonies (Doc B). The Natives didn’t always have a stable relationship with the British during the war and Britain wanted to ensure the Natives would not become aggressive and attack them. The war and gaining of new land in North America, also showed England

Due to the treatment the British had been giving to the Americans, anger had hit a peak. Britain was disrupting U.S. trade routes, impressing their people. Even more, a new leader emerged among the Indians. Someone rumored to be backed up by the British, which troubled the Americans even more. This increased their hatred toward the British.

Britain attempted to gain control over the colonial Americas by trying to rule over the colonies to grow a bigger militia, even though the British had already had a huge army, and also have a larger trading system, so their income could rise. So they started to get acts to pass, so the colonies would follow the British leader. The acts that were passed in this time period to gain control we’re the Intolerable acts which were first known as the coercive acts, then the stamp act, the tea act. It was all done so the British could gain the greater control. The British even at one point we’re going to have the slaves fight for them, just to show that they were strong, and weren’t afraid of the slaves, for Example, the French and Indian war ( the

Many, but not all, Native American tribes were angry with Great Britain because the British were pushing them out of their land. They were also angry with the colonists because they were doing the same. The French saw this as an opportunity to get more allies to help them beat the British.

This showed that Indians did not want to be ruled by the British, but instead wanted to be ruled by their own

Then the colonists started to revolt when they made the Stamp Act Congress to boycott British goods. In response, Britain passed the Declaratory Act that allowed them to tax whatever they wanted. The colonists were also angered about how they were treated by the British. During the war, the colonists saw themselves as equals to the British soldiers but Great Britain ultimately disagreed. The colonists felt like they were lower than the British and this made them furious when they also fought with their life on the line.

The Indians were deeply angered by the actions that the British made against them. The British were not only stealing all of the Indians’ resources but the they were also threatening the Indians’ culture for not buying the things they were producing from the stolen resources. After the British stealing their resources became a norm, the British had fully taken over India. As time passed by and the British were still using their country as a mining field the Indians began to rebel against their rule. Some of the Indian’s began demanding a greater role in governing themselves

The Amritsar Massacre took place on April 13th 1919. It was committed by the British, who were colonized in India from the 1600’s to 1945. Before the Amritsar massacre, there was tension between Indian civilians and the British colonies for decades. This caused protests, mostly peaceful, throughout India. In March of 1919 the British passed the Rowlatt Act, invading the Indians privacy and decreasing their rights. On April 6th leaders of a peaceful protest against the Rowlatt Bill were arrested followed. This caused riots by the followers of the Indian protest leaders.The Massacre changed many Indians feeling toward the British Empire in India. The Indians were treated with little respect from the British, the Indians’ behavior by

The Rebellion started with blood shed at the garrison in Meerut, where every Englishmen who was found was killed. After which, they marched to Delhi and “placed themselves under the leadership of the impotent and bewildered Mogul Emperor Bahadur Shah.” (Historical Dictionary of the British Empire.) By June the only British-held outpost, Cawnpore, was cut off. On July 17th, it was ascertained that 200 European men, women and children were murdered the prior month in the upheaval at Cawnpore. Vengeance was quick and onerous: anyone who was suspected to be a mutineer was tied to a cannon and executed. “In Six months, the mutiny had been broken, and, within the next year, British power was restored.” (Historical Dictionary of the British Empire.) These rebellions would later be in the back of the minds of some Indian freedom fighters as the first stage of the fight for independence from British colonialism that lasted until 1947. (Sepoy Rebellion: 1857.)