Imperialism in India.docx - How did the British gain,...

How did the British gain, consolidate, and maintain power in India?
● Contextualize British imperialism in India.
● Describe how the British gained, consolidated, and maintained power in India.
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Directions: Examine the maps below and complete the See-Think chart.
South Asia in 1648
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South Asia in 1789
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South Asia in 1837
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South Asia in 1914
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See
What do you see in the maps? What do you think changed in India from the 17th to 20th centuries?
Over time the British has gain, consolidate, and maintain power in India. What has changed in India from 17 th to 20 th centuries was the power
consolidated and gain by another nations. As the picture show us the power
in India has change a lot since the beginning of the 17 th centuries until the
end of the 20 th centuries. In the 19 th centuries the British started to maintain
their power in India until the 20 th centuries.
Contextualize
What was the historical context for British imperialism in India? How did the British gain,
consolidate, and maintain power in India?
Directions: ➡ Examine the map and text below. Answer the accompanying questions and annotate as you read by highlighting examples of
Think

methods that the British used to gain power in India in BLUE, examples of methods they used to consolidate their power in YELLOW, and
examples of methods used to maintain power in GREEN.
A map of the British Empire in 1921 when it was at its height. Its dominance of India started in the 1600s.
Image is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and is Public Domain.
The British East India Company, was granted a contract by Queen Elizabeth I of England on December 31, 1600, that allowed them to trade with India and the
surrounding areas. The goal was to make money for the company’s shareholders and i n 1608, the company established its first trading post in India.
In the 1600s, the Mughal Empire, led by Emperor Jahangir, was in control of India. The Mughals prefered to work with the British over the Portuguese, who had
sent their own trading ships to India. The British defeated the Portuguese in a naval battle in 1612, making them the most important European traders in India. As
a result, the Mughal emperor signed a treaty that gave the British rights to live and build trading forts in Indian coastal cities. By 1647, the company had twenty-
three posts and ninety employees in India. In 1634, the Mughal emperor extended his hospitality to the English traders to the region of Bengal, and in 1717
completely waived taxes on their trade. The company's main businesses were in cotton, silk, indigo, saltpeter, and tea.
1. What was the British East India Company? What was their goal in India?
What did they trade?
2. How were the British initially treated by the Mughal government in India?