GET INTO THE SQUARE!!

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• GET INTO THE SQUARE!!

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THE HISTORY OF INDIA
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The History of India

• L.I. To understand what a colony is.
• To be able to explain why colonialism
  caused countries to have
• reduced development and lead to greater
  global inequality
• To be able to demonstrate different events
  about colonialism during the history of India

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ACTIVITY! Fill in the missing words with the new
vocabulary. Once you are complete check it with a
teacher and then stick it in your book.
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THE BRITISH EMPIRE From the sixteenth century
onwards, the leaders of Europe believed it was
their right to try to conquer other parts of the
world and develop empires. They set up colonies
across the world where they could push the
natives out of their land and create their own
towns and cities. They were also used for trade
and to have somewhere to stop off when they were
sailing. India became one of these colonies
officially in the nineteenth century but it was
first controlled by the East India Trading
Company who set up a base there for trade. Soon
India owed Britain a lot of money and the whole
country became very poor.
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ACTIVITY! Each group will get a piece of paper
with a historical event about India. Act it out
to the class so we can guess what it is!
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1770 10 million Indian people die in a famine as
a result of British wanting half of their food to
pay for the Indian debt. Even today India is
still in debt to Britain, with over 360 million
there living in poverty.
1857 The Indians rise up against the East India
Trading Company because of bad treatment leading
to a massive rebellion. The EITC won and Queen
Victoria formally took over as Empress of India.
1756 Uprising against the EITC took place at Fort
William in Calcutta (India) and all the British
prisoners put into a tiny jail. They suffocated
in the heat and cramped conditions and 130/146
died within hours. Britain was furious.
1600s To get access to Indias spices, rice,
silk, tea and jewels the East India Trading
Company from Britain sets up trading posts in
India and takes over the local people.
1947 India gains independence from Britain
because they helped fight in WW2. The entire
country are population are still in debt to
Britain though.
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ACTIVITY! Now stick the different events of
Indian history in your book on a double page.
Add these other historical events.
2013 Indias debt to Britain reaches 230
Billion 1914 Indian soldiers take part in World
War One as part of the British Empires
army 1921 Mohandas Ghandi becomes leader of the
Indian National Congress and gets them to fight
for independence
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Is it right for someone to find something and
take it as their own?
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Can you think of any other times in history
when things have been taken from one country by
another?