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India English Imperialism
India English Imperialism
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9th Grade
03/13/2013

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imperialism
Definition
when one country takes over another country.
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British East India Company
Definition
British Company that controlled India from 1757 to 1857
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Sepoys
Definition
Indian’s who were soldiers for the British East India Company.
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Sepoy Mutiny/Rebellion 1857
Definition
The Indian Soldiers rebelled and fought against the British East India Company to try and get rid of the foreigners.
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Battle of Plassey 1757
Definition
The British East India Company defeated the Mughal Dynasty and took control of India
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Rajj
Definition
The time period that the English Government controlled India as a colony.
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Colony
Definition
When one country takes over another area to use it to make money from it.
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Mercantilism
Definition
Economic System where the European countries get rich off of their colonies.
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nationalism
Definition
Pride in one’s country
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Amritsar Massacre 1919
Definition
The English attacked a group of Hindus non-violently protesting against British colonialism.
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I.N.C. - Indian National Congress
Definition
Hindu group that wanted to get rights for Indians.
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Muslim League
Definition
Muslim group that wanted to get rights for Indians.
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Mohandas Gandhi
Definition
Was able to get the Muslims (Muslim League) and Hindus (I.N.C.) to work together. Got Indians to practice non- violent protests.
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Satyagraha
Definition
Gandhi’s non-violent protests
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Boycott
Definition
To stop buying products from a country or area as a protest
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homespun
Definition
Indians were only allowed to make buy English clothe so the Indians starting making their own clothes
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Salt March
Definition
Gandhi marched to the Indian Ocean and made salt because the British made an unfair law that said the Indians couldn’t make their own salt.
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Indian Partition
Definition
The Indian Colony was split into two countries Pakistan and India
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Non-alignment
Definition
India did not choose sides between the U.S. and Soviet Union during the cold war
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Kashmir
Definition
Area that India and Pakistan are fighting over
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Green Revolution
Definition
Using technology to increase the amount of crops
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Outsourcing
Definition
Foreign companies make factories in India to use the people as cheap workers.
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