Lesson 4: The British Empire in India

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• Lesson 4 The British Empire in India
• Lesson Questions How did the British conquer
  India and incorporate it into their empire? What
  affects did British rule in India have on the
  Indian economy, society and people?
• Lesson Objective The students will understand
  the origins, nature and affects of British rule
  in India.

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• The British Empire in India
• Lack of Unity
• Geographic, Cultural Linguistic Diversity
• Mughal Weakness
• Sack of Delhi 1739
• British East India Company
• Factories
• Textiles
• Indian Nawabs
• War Debt
• Bengal
• Battle of Plassey 1757
• The British Raj
• Indian Officials
• Sepoys
• Indomania
• Sanskrit
• Indo-Europeans

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• Sepoy Rebellion 1857-58
• Pigs Cows
• Local Grievances
• Crown Colony
• Empress of India
• Racial Separation
• Modernization Anglicization
• British Education
• Railroads
• Indian Diaspora
• Nationalism

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Sepoys
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British Railroads
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The British Empire in the late 19th century
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• Lecture Sections
• pp. 657-663
• How India was conquered.
• The nature of the B.E.I. C.s rule of India.
• India as a crown colony.
• The development of Indian nationalism.

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• Change Over Time Prompt
• Analyze the political and economic
  transformations in India during the period of
  British rule over the Indian subcontinent from c.
  1750 to 1900.

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• Change Over Time Outline
• Write one sentence for each element.
• Initial Condition
• Thesis
• Transition Point 1
• Transition Point 2
• Continuty(ies)
• Ending Condition