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He began exploring the east african coast.
Arriving in Calicut, he found many goods. -
Landowners buying new land, improved farming.
Enclosers developed new farming methods and barriers. -
Before the Mughal Empire collapsed, western traders built their own power.
Once the empire fell, the East India Company began controlling the economy. -
Traded gold and silver for cotton,silk, and tea.
The East India Company was leading power. -
The sepoys greased cartridges with beef or pork, which outraged the Muslims.
Widespread rebellion lead to 100,00 killed. -
The British put restrictions on the economy that prevented India from operating on its own.
India couldnt compete with British in trading goods. -
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The groups focused on the concerns of Indians.
They later split the groups based on religion. -
The Muslim League was created to protect their interests.
The Muslim League would never accept Indian independence. -
10,000 Hindus and Muslims traveled to protest against the Rowletts act.
Without warning, 400 were shot by the British. -
The act started when, acts of violence was being shown to the hatred of the british.
The laws allowed the government to jail protesters without trial. -
Gandhi was very religious about political activity.
His teachings combineded many different religions. -
Gahndi was the leader of the Independance movement.
He later started campaign against violence -
Self-governed and limited democratic elections, but it wasnt complete independence.
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Riot broke out between the Hindus and Muslims.
5,000 were killed & 15,000 were hurt. -
It was the division of the Hindus and Muslims.
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Bristish government passed a law that granted India and Pakistan independance for one year.
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While visiting New Dehli, Gahndi was shot by a hindu extremist.
