The benefit of the Britain colonizing India was that trade of cotton, silk, indigo, and tea grew quickly. As trade grew so did the powers of the companies that were doing the trading. They secured a foothold in India and built trading post around the borders of the country. At first, the Indians that approved of British rule did so because of the trade, money was also being made. Jobs came along when the British company 's hired Indians to be soldiers who were known as Sepoy 's. Even though they were paid very low, it still was better than no job at all, and they were relied on to enforce company policies. This is the reason why they approved British companies at first. However, other Indians oppose the British because they were expanding
The American revolution all started because of taxes. The colonist got really mad at the British for taxing all of their important goods. The british always treated the colonist poorly since they came and invaded their homes. By this time the british were sick and tired of the colonists so they started a war.
They are looking to gain as much wealth and power as possible for themselves on behalf of the British. As a result of the exclusion of natives from the “Legislative Council of India,” they felt that all laws “were passed with a view to degrade and ruin them.” (Document 3) The BEIC were outsiders who were now making all of their decisions for them. The people of India had no voice in the government under the
This led to many disagreements and when the Indians wanted
Long ago when Britain was the most powerful nation still hunting for more power, the nation took its chance to gain more glory in a far away land overseas; India. During the 1600s Britain became interested in India for its precious raw materials and the fact that the British could market many of their products to the 300 million people of India to make big profit. In 1757 the British East India Company won the Battle of Plassey against the Indians and gained some power of India. Britain would soon decimate pieces of the culture and take over the whole nation of India. Despite the fact that Britain established an advanced government in India, improved infrastructure in the nation, and also increased life expectancies of the people of India by
Other issue, Britain support for Indian attacks on frontier settlements, also
This system consistently had fraud and manipulation from the Europeans. For the Indians this system was seen as an alliance but for the Europeans it was purely business. The Indians made
This monopoly puts the Indians above the colonists, monetarily professionally
They also have a higher standard of living, better sanitation, and a better means of transportation (Doc4). In addition, the coming of the British brought an end to the slave trade, infanticide, and brought the value of India’s exportation trade up (Doc5). The British used the idea of “White Man’s Burden” in order to bring civilization and justice to the “barbarians” and westernize them in a way. The British also brought free trade into India and while they were there became one of the wealthiest countries because of everything being extracted out of it. Lastly, the British kept peace on the region and introduced Western technologies.
India still benefited from imperialism in some ways. On the whole, Britain profited and benefitted, and India was set back in some ways but grew in others. The greatest effect that imperialism in India had on Great Britain was that natural resources were now available to its factories in large quantities. No longer did Britain have to rely on other countries for resources, it was able to sustain all of the factors of production. Document one points this effect out by stating; “...these places can yield the tropical produce (resources) that their citizens need.”
5.Great Britain received the colonists goods for cheap, and they gained more money than necessary due to the raising of the prices on the goods that the colonies would need. 6.Great Britain controlled politics in the
Dr.Lalvani claims that under British rule, India was modernized, giving the foundation for a government that therefore gave law and order. While this system and others were built, they were built almost entirely for British benefit and even profit. In this new government, Indians had no say in the laws being decided by the British, that were impacting them. The laws were meant to further control Indians, while the British extracted India’s wealth and flood India’s markets with textiles with the help of railroads. Wanting more and more wealth, the British logged forests to create land to grow cash crops which in the end degraded the soil making it more difficult for them to grow.
Shown in document 6, he complained to the English that “You have given us no responsibility in our own government.” Lot of money was taken from the people to support the British government. Later India became dependant on Britain's goods coming in. The British encouraged farmers to grow cash crops causing famine in the country, many starved to death. Also racism was a huge deal because the British saw them as a lower class and having a different culture caused the people to be treated like slaves.
The British worked to help preserve the environment and animals (#17).The British destroyed forests and the soil that they farmed on. After a few years the soil was degraded and the quality went down (Doc 7). This shows how even though they worked to preserve the environment, the British were really just tearing up India’s land to farm for their own crops and then ship them back to Britain. The British built 10,000 tracks and 136,000 bridges (#14). They built railways to secure their own British rule in India (#13).Even though they built lots of bridges and railroads for transportation most of it was mainly built to benefit themselves and make sure they kept their rule in
One of the main effects of British colonisation on Australia is the transformation of the Australian land. Because the English colonised Australia, people spread and livestock overtook the land that belonged to the Aboriginals. The British noticed that the Indigenous people of Australia did not have a very advanced society and they knew that they could claim this land for themselves. Therefore, in the first years of colonisation, the Europeans chose to drive the Aboriginals off their land and claim it for their own. The Europeans built colonies, that eventually expanded, and destroyed sacred sites to conform the land into a place resembling more of England and Europe.
The British first came to India not only because of the abundance of raw materials, but also the mass potential they seen. The British East India Company, took advantage of the collapsing Mughal Empire, and broke away from their control to flourished their company. In 1857 the Sepoy army rebelled and that caused the British to come in guns blazing and take over the country. The British rule demolished India through, taxation on anything made in India, and the exportation of raw materials, which caused a plentiful amount of famine,and throughout all of this, the British kept most on India uneducated, and those they did educate, most were forced to become interpreters for the benefits it would make in taking over India and keeping the British in control. Political Paragraph British imperialism had a negative effect on the politics of India because of the corrupt justice system, and the utter lack of respect that killed masses of innocent people.