HW #1

HW#1. Read this section of the textbook and answer questions 1 - 3 at the end (it's a textbook reading)
1. TERMS & NAMES-Identify
• sepoy- Indian soldiers
• jewel in the crown- The most valuable of all of Britain’s colonies.
• Sepoy Mutiny- The rebellion of Indian soldiers which started with the capture of Delhi and moved onto Northern and Central India.
• Raj- The part of India that was under direct British rule.

2. TAKING NOTES
Re-create on your paper the cause-and-effect diagram below and fill in the effects of the three causes listed.
Which of the effects you listed later became causes?

Cause- Decline of the Mughal Empire ----> Effect- East India Company took over India as the leading power in India.

Cause- Colonial policies ------> Effect- Indians became poorer and eventually a lower class than the British in their own country.

Cause- Sepoy Mutiny -------->The British government took direct command of India and increased distrust between the British and the Indians.
Later on, the Sepoy Mutiny would become a cause.


3. ANALYZING
How did imperialism contribute to unity and the growth of nationalism in India?
THINK ABOUT
• the benefits of imperialism
• the negative effects of imperialism
One of the positive effects of imperialism in India is the contribution to its unity and growth of nationalism. With the British having control over the Indians felt that they were second class to the British in their own country. The Indians were discriminated by the British such as getting lower wages and lower positions. These feelings of Nationalism led to the founding of two Nationalist groups. As their feelings increased, conflict between the Indians and the British increased as well. Soon, they began to struggle over the control for India, which led to Indians uniting such as during the Sepoy Mutiny.