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The British Take Over India
The East India CompanyThe East India Company
•Obtained trading rights on the edge of the Mughalempire
•When the Mughal empire crumbled the British wereable to take over India
•The East India Company’s goal was to makemoney
The Sepoy RebellionThe Sepoy Rebellion
•British tried to convert Indians to Christianity
•Required sepoys (Indian troops) to serve in theirmilitary
•Sepoys went against the British officers; marched toDelhi and hailed the last Mughal ruler as theirleader
•1858: parliament ended East India Company's ruleover India and put India directly under the Britishcrown
The Sepoy RebellionThe Sepoy Rebellion
•The war startedBecause the Britishwere trying to changethe Indian soldiersreligion
•This was considered thefirst war forindependence
Britain and IndiaBritain and India
•Britain saw India as a market
•British built railroads androads, improvedtransportation and soldBritish and Indian goods
•Britain persuaded Indianfarmers to grow cash crops
•British rule brought peace toIndia and a new legalsystem
•In the early 1900’s Indiansdemanded independencefrom Britain
