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Jul 8, 1497
Vasco De Gama sails for India.
He began exploring the east african coast.
Arriving in Calicut, he found many goods. -
Industrial Revolution in India
Landowners buying new land, improved farming.
Enclosers developed new farming methods and barriers. -
Decline of the Mughal Empire.
Before the Mughal Empire collapsed, western traders built their own power.
Once the empire fell, the East India Company began controlling the economy. -
Establishment of the British East India Company.
Traded gold and silver for cotton,silk, and tea.
The East India Company was leading power. -
Sepoy Rebellion.
The sepoys greased cartridges with beef or pork, which outraged the Muslims.
Widespread rebellion lead to 100,00 killed. -
British overcome French and take control of India.
The British put restrictions on the economy that prevented India from operating on its own.
India couldnt compete with British in trading goods. -
British colonized India
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Creation of the Indian National Congress (INC)
The groups focused on the concerns of Indians.
They later split the groups based on religion. -
Creation of the Muslim League.
The Muslim League was created to protect their interests.
The Muslim League would never accept Indian independence. -
Amritsar Massacre.
10,000 Hindus and Muslims traveled to protest against the Rowletts act.
Without warning, 400 were shot by the British. -
Rowlett Acts.
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. -
Mohanda's Gandhi's Leadership of the INC.
Gandhi was very religious about political activity.
His teachings combineded many different religions. -
Gahndi travels stressing nonviolent resistance.
Gahndi was the leader of the Independance movement.
He later started campaign against violence -
Government of India act.
Self-governed and limited democratic elections, but it wasnt complete independence. -
WWI- riots between Hindus and Muslims.
Riot broke out between the Hindus and Muslims.
5,000 were killed & 15,000 were hurt. -
Partition
It was the division of the Hindus and Muslims. -
Indian/Pakistan Independance.
Bristish government passed a law that granted India and Pakistan independance for one year. -
Gahndi's Death.
While visiting New Dehli, Gahndi was shot by a hindu extremist.
