The Expansion Of The European Empire

Europeans were in a much closer proximity to the Americas than they were to asian countries. European societal groups, which included the competing merchants, impoverished nobles, monarchs, and commoners, Christian missionaries, and minorities different yet very strong motivations for having participation in empire building. European trading companies enabled the mobilization of both material resources like wood and crops as well as humans. The Disease in the Americas that had been brought by spanish conquerors made the natives weak and unable to stop the European invasion

Lalvani states that Britain brought the english language to India. Britain spread it to people who had 700 different languages (Lalvani). This spread allowed the people to use English to communicate with each other, before this spread of language an Indian from the west could not communicate with an Indian from the east because they would not have a common language. Lalvani also states that the British enacted social reforms helping some parts of India with old tradition that was not right. The British came to India and ended highway robbery, ended widow suicide, and ended female infanticide (Doc 18). The highway robbery was something that would happen when you traveled, it was while you were traveling that you would be jumped and beaten or killed while they stole all your valuables and it was stopped. Widow suicide was when a womans husband died she was expected to jump on the fire that was cremating him and die with him and this was also stopped by the British. Female infanticide was also ended by the british. Female infanticide was the act of killing a infant that was female because it was a curse to have a female child. The British ended this by telling them that it is wrong to kill and infant no matter the gender putting a stop to female infanticide. Unintentionally doing good things for the social impact in

When the British assumed control they unified India. The British however, made an unfair government that negatively impacting the politics of India. The government the British had created, gave the Indians little to no say in the decisions being made and mostly only benefit the British. The transition from colonial rule to independence also caused many deaths. Lalvani claims the British administration was “superbly efficient” (Lalvani).

The British constructed an impressively efficient government along with India’s army, however the government and army were used to create unjust laws and control Indians by force. This government they created was “Superbly efficient” all Britain to control 500 million subjects across 17,000 square miles. (Dr Lalvani) This may seem impressive and beneficial to the Indians, but only 60 out of 960 government positions were actually occupied by Indians. (Document 2) This meant that Britain could do anything they to desired to India because it’s people had no control over their own government. To enforce these laws or policies britain constructed India’s armies. This laid the framework for India’s justice system, civil service and efficient police force. The soldiers were trained in new military academies, courtesy of the British. Although, the intention for creating these services were to establish an even tighter hold on India as demonstrated in the Amritsar Massacre, were the Indian army was ordered by a British commander to shoot Indians, killing 400 and wounding 12,00. (Gandhi) This showed how easily Britain could suppress and control India because India had no control over its own

While the British Imperial rule established the framework for India's justice system. They also created the Indian army and created military academies to train officers. This lead to the British controlling the Indian government, as well as their army. The British Imperial rule established the framework of indians justice system. However the framework did not include many Indians, 900 british and 60 Indians(Gandhi). (Doc #2)The British

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.

In the nineteenth-century European imperial influence shaped what we now know as the structure of Europe. This imperial influence and outcomes from World War 1 shaped the geography and political rule for the Middle East. In the Middle East, a lot of Arab counties put a huge emphasis on the power of their family rather than on "contemporary notions of government." Israel is ruled by themselves as a "parliamentary democracy." Many government officials believe the modern state of Isreal as a secular power being dominated by individuals of European descent. A lot of religious Israelis, as well as Jewish and Christan supporters, believe the modern state of Isreal is the outcome of the "biblical Kingdom of David" mentioned in the Quran. For the most part, Arabs and Palestinians do not hold an

1) What enabled Europeans to carve out huge empires an ocean away from their homelands?

For many generations, it was taught that the expansion of Europe to the Americas, (also known as the European expansion), had a huge impact on all societies of the old world. The importance of this was taught to societies all across the world, and was indeed a necessary occurrence. Up until recently, the idea was never given any real thought for the majority of people as to how, over many generations in the family and throughout the passage of time, how they precisely got where they are currently today, as well as what kind of pain and suffering the continents known as North and South America was initially founded on. European expansion did have some positive effects for the Europeans, such as new lands and resources, however at the same time it had caused many more negative effects on both the Natives and Europeans.

The three Carnatic wars gained the British exclusive control over the Carnatic region of the country. The Anglo wars brought the kingdom of Mysore, regions under the Maratha confederacy, kingdoms of north east India, Punjab and north west frontier province, Nepal, Berar and the state of Oudh under British rule. By the second half of the nineteenth century, the British had exclusive control over most parts of the Indian subcontinent, including present day Bangladesh and Pakistan. The oppressive British rule over India for nearly a century resulted in mass uprisings and revolts against the Company that culminated in the Revolt of 1857. The result of this rebellion was that power over India was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown. The Indian Penal Code and reforms in the field of education came into being post 1857. Under the British Raj, Indian economy and population grew at a steady rate of 1%. At the onset of the twentieth century, Indian private industry began to expand. Religious divisions in Indian society came to the forefront at this time; these divisions resulted in the formation of socio religious bodies like the All India Muslim League, Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha, Rashtriya

The one constant theme from any period in history we examine seems to be that of change. As Europe began to take shape, it did so with an expansion and contraction rate that was dramatically impacted by changes in political organizations, positive and negative economic forces, and through shifts in social structure. The path to the creation of the European empires was a long and tedious journey. Sixth century feudalism gave way to the creation of a central authority. The thirteenth century was scarred by the Black Death but it brought about economic changes that would resonate well into the Renaissance period of the fifteenth century. Nation-states began their formation as the need for a centralized government dictated. With each step

Great Britain appeared to be the ideal of liberal progress. Two groups emerged within the government, the Tories (Conservatives) and the Whigs (Liberals). Peaceful political reform and a flexible party helped with smooth decision making in government. In fact, the entire nineteenth century was associated with the term Victorian in England. Moreover, Great Britain began to imperialize on a larger scale. Instead of only overseeing trade, they decided to take control over the political and economic aspects of certain countries as well. The East India Company was set up to further develop their trading empire in Great Britain, however was later used to take full control over a monopolized India. In response to company rule, Indian soldiers revolted; however, the revolt was quickly squashed and India became a possession of the British crown. While England was gaining territory in Asia and Africa, they began to lag

They wanted to weaken the freedom movement. They always divide the people on the basis of religion and spread the feeling of hatred, distrust among public. This led to disunity among religious groups and in consequence became responsible for continuation of British rule. The British policy of separate electorate was also one such measure adopted by them. They also acted late in situation of communal violence while ruling.

After the downfall of the Muslim rule, Britishers came to India and established the East India Company and ruled over more than 150 years. During this period education was to create man power to support British administration. During freedom struggle Indian

The british ruled over India for over two centuries, introducing systems, ideas, and practices into the indian culture. In 1935, The Government of India Act was the most recent time India had been governed, and the government had a fair amount of responsibility. The already existing social order influenced the nationalist movement, and the leaders being chosen. India developed a federal government, with three legislative lists of power. The constitution of India is federal but also includes a strong central government, with power over the union. The central government has power over the states even though they are supposed to be autonomous. The new constitution of india separates itself greatly from its british ruled past, just not necessarily politically. For example, new fundamental rights were provided in this constitution for the first time, however the idea of suffrage was also introduced by this constitution. There was much social and economic reform that took place due to them trying to break away from their british past. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=dtKe6XV8z7wC&oi=fnd&pg=PR10&dq=independence+of+india&ots=DEXY6BHkwP&sig=nzxK29rpFpr8eRL1ZogYXZbMNz0#v=onepage&q=independence%20of%20india&f=false