MP3 H.W.# 1

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Sepoy- Indian soldiers
Jewel in the crown- The most valuable of all Britain's colonies.
Sepoy Mutiny- The uprising spread over much of northern India with rebelling Sepoys and Indian soldiers.
Raj- British rule over India from 1757 until 1947.

2)
Cause: Decline of the Mughal Empire
Effect: The East Indian company led troops to victory and claimed control of the Mughal territory.

Cause: Colonial Policies
Effect: The British set up restrictions that prevented the Indian economy from operating on its own. British policies called for India to produce raw materials for British manufacturing and to buy British finished goods. Indian competition with British finished goods were prohibited.

Cause: Sepoy Mutiny
Effect: British took direct command of India.

The Effects of the Colonial Policies later became the cause of the Sepoy Mutiny.

3)     British Imperialism contributed to the unity and growth of nationalism in India. The British tried to convert Indians to Christianity. Gossip spread among the Sepoys and Indian soldiers that pork and beef fat was used to seal the cartridges for the new guns, this was a betrayal to the Muslim and Hindu religion. The Sepoys and Indians became nationalized and tried to overthrow the British. The betraying actions that the British tried to show Indians and Sepoys encouraged nationalism.