Reasons And Causes Of The War Of Independence

Also known as India’s First War for Independence, this rebellion was between Indian Sepoys and the British East India Company. Before this mutiny, the British East India Company had total control over Indian, however afterwards, Indian was directly controlled by the British Raj. Because of this the British government had even more control over Indian and her laws, similar to how Britain gained more control of North America after the Seven Years War. One thing that stayed the same before and after the rebellion was the rebel’s cause. Indian citizens began to continue their criticism of the unfair rule of the British, similar to how some American colonists were rebelling against the new, stricter

The Revolutionary War started in April of 1775, with the battles at Lexington and Concord. This war would mark the beginnings of the United States as a nation, fighting against the most powerful fighting force at the time, the British Army and Navy. This conflict would go on for a brutal 6 years until the final British surrender at Yorktown on October 17, 1781. In the end, both sides have lost tens of thousands of men, but how did it all start? The Conflict has its star with the rising tensions between the colonists and the British crown in the aftermath of the French-Indian War in 1763. The financing of the war had caused Britain to be in heavy debt after mobilizing troops to defend colonies. To offset this debt Britain began taxing its colonies, introducing the Townshend and Stamp acts. This act of taxation would anger the 13 American colonies as this was seen as an attack against their rights and to protest this, colonist boycotted and protested, but were met with the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770. Tensions would rise, and the Boston Tea Party would begin on December 16, 1773. This would lead to the deployment of British troops in Boston and the eventual start of the war. But after all, it may not justified. The Revolutionary war cannot be justified only by a resentment of taxes on imports and a distrust of an Empire that had only finished fighting a war to defend its colony.

Back when America was still young and under the control of Great Britain, the colonists were being taxed in unfair ways and forced to quarter British soldiers. The Founding Fathers made the Declaration of Independence to tell Britain that they did not want to be taxed anymore, and wanted freedom from Britain's rule. Many would think that this was noble, but others would think that the Founding Fathers were being selfish when they created this document. However, this is not the case. The Founding Fathers were not selfish when they wrote the Declaration of Independence because even though they wanted Britain to leave them alone, which might seem like a selfish act, but they did it for the good of America.

n. During the freedom movement, Muslims and Hindus fought against each other. There were arguments over whether India should be a secular state or a Hindu state in its times of Independence.

In 1615 the East India Company acquired its first territory in Bombay, India. The East India Company was a British company that traded for goods, services, and raw materials with India. What initially started as a trading company became a company ruling a country with Brittan’s backing. The company established an army in India comprised mostly of local citizens called Sepoys. With help from the British army and navy, the East India Company fought other European countries also occupying India for control of the region. By 1715 the EIC and Brittan had beaten back the French in the Battle of Plassey. This secured their dominance in India and a

First, the French and Indian War altered the ideological relations between the British and its American colonies, because the colonists experienced feelings of being denied rights. As the colonists formed a barrier by choosing to relocate in North America, the colonists still viewed themselves as British, and therefore believed they deserve the same rights and freedom as their people from Britain. However, evidence from a colonial militiamen diary suggests that this vision is not reciprocated by the British. He narrates, “...and though we be Englishmen born, we are debarred [denied] Englishman's liberty. Therefore we now see what it is to be under martial law and to be the regulars, who are but little than slaves to their officers” (Document 4). The Massachusetts soldier presents an idea of feeling belittled by the British, by comparing

(Document 5) This shows that even though Britain gave education to Indians they only gave it to who could afford it and hardly anyone could. Lalvani claims that over the 200 year span of British imperialism, India’s religions felt safer and less discriminated against. ( According to Dr.Lalvani) Although the British thought this was true it actually was not. Christians were mocking and discriminating against Muslims and Hindus. (Gandhi) Similarly Hinduism believes in nonviolence so when the protest at Amritsar took place the Indians were brutally slaughtered while being unarmed. (Gandhi) Because of their non-violence beliefs the Hindus had no defense and were killed by what they thought was their

This war had several causes: the United Kingdom was at war with France, and wanted to keep the United States as extra help in its battle with France; use America to recruit US forces into the British Navy; British general control over the American trade; supposed British military aid for the Indian Americans to defend themselves against the American colonists; and America's desire to expand the territory.

One great reason the war was started was because of taxes. One thing that caused a lot of of taxes was because of The Stamp Act, this act angered the colonists and caused a lot of protests in the colonies. Another huge tax was the Declaratory Act, which allowed the british to tax them and the british took advantage the act because they then made the townshend act which taxed the colonies for many things. The last tax was the tea tax. The tea tax was a tax on tea which made the colonist furious which led to one of the biggest events in history. If the colonists never taxed the colonists as much as they did then the war wouldnt of came as early.

The reason the Sepoys’ felt they lost religious control and were being converted to Christianity, was not only because of the insults to their religion, but the fact there were not allowed to be involved in the BEIC legislature. Even if the cartridges were not greased with pig or cow grease, the British had tried in the past to convert the Sepoys. The reason we know this

disputes over land. With the power now in Britain’s hands after the war, it began to create uneasy feelings of how the colonists first impression of being alongside Britain. The once successful bond between the two, started to separate very quickly after their different views.

Throughout the years many historians have compilated and examined why Indian people were so desperate to gain back their independence from the British Empire during their rule over India, from 1612 to 1947. The reasoning can most definitely be found as the British discriminated against Indian people as they believe that they were inferior; it is no surprise that Indian people fought so hard for their independence. Throughout the British Raj, they placed and put forward unbelievably racist acts and laws which discriminated against Indian people. Which of course led to Indians to rebel against the British rule and which the British reacted with causing massacres. Explaining the nationalistic many India’s felt during the British Raj.

The British people had been in India since the 18th century, and had enslaved the people, but finally left in 1947. Throughout this time, the Indian people were being forced to do things that the English people did not want to do. The Indian people were enslaved by a much more powerful nation. The main religion of India is Hinduism. This religion is much more complicated than many other religions, instead of one main god there are many gods. Many things that Indian people do have been altered to mean other things (mission frontier). There are also people that are called demi gods, who somewhat have the power of god and are able to use their powers whenever they want to. An example of this is a man named khans. He had the powers of a god because he had prayed for a very long time, and had done something else that is not very important. During this time there was a god by the name of Krishna whose uncle was khans. Khans had become evil through the lust of power and Krishna had to stop him (Park). This shows just one of the many beliefs of the Hindu people. Many people had gone to India to show the people what Christianity has to offer and many people reaped the benefits. According to one Indian resident, many of the people that the Christians tried to help were the poor.

He brought along with him a whole raft of socio-educational reforms and institution building, willing to change the whole political economic scenario of India. Lord Bentinck also banned and outlawed many local Hindu customs, such as “sati”, the burning of women prior to the funeral of their deceased husband. He passed a Sati Prohibition Act that was greatly protested by the native Hindus. Neither the Hindus nor the Muslims liked the British interference in their customs and traditions. A number of reforms were brought round him which led great tumult, like the financial reforms: he reduced salaries of the civil servants-which was met by resistance by the Indian natives. He also brought round a great number of political, educational, and administrative reforms. Some examples are the abolishment of the provincial courts of appeal, abolishing Persian as the court language, and reducing allowance of the military officers among many others. He also established English as the main medium of instruction in India. All of these reforms implemented din the pre-1857 era brought around a gradual industrialization, and giving rise to the struggle of Indians to become

The first area where the British influenced India’s lifestyle is religion. The British rule has had a huge impact on religion in India since the