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Vasco De Gama was the first European to reach India by sailing around Africa. He brought back spices and textiles to Europe. After De Gama reached India, the Portuguese, Dutch, French, and British followed.
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The British East India Company won trading rights for India British trading ports were built in Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta.
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Farmers found much more prductive ways to grow more crop. Machines also started taking man's job.
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Many small states with different rulers broke away from the empire.
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Robert Clive led the British East India company in a winning battle over the Fench along with their Indian allies. This allowed the British East India Company to gain full control over India.
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Rumors spread that the Sepoy's new rifles were gressed with beef and pork fat. This upset both the Hindus and Muslims. When many Sepoys were jailled for refusing the rifles, those that weren't rebelled.
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The British goverment took full control of India because during the Sepoy Rebellion the goverment had to help the company regain control. This was during the reign of Queen Victoia.
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Educated Indians learned about nationalism and decided they wanted to rule themselves. This group delt with the concerns of their people, which were mostly Hindus.
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The Muslim League was created to protect Muslim interest. They would not accept freedom from the British if it ment the Hindus would take control.
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The British passed laws that allowed the government to jail protesters for up to two years without a trial.
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10,000 Indians gathered to protest the Rowlatt Acts. What they didn't know was that the British banned public meetings. There was a British commander, with his army, who saw this and opend fire without warning. Indians who heard about this were outraged.
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After the Amritsar Massacre Gandhi emeraged as a leader of Indian independence. His strategy to gain independence was a peaceful one.
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Gandhi lanched a campaign of civil disobendience, its goal to cause the British to lose authority throughout the nation. This included Gandhi's nonviolent boycotts.
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Gandhi and his followers walked 240 miles to the sea coast where they made their own salt so they didn't need to pay the British for it. This led to strikes at British salt factories.
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This act granted India limited self rule. They had local self goverment and limited democratic elections.
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The British decided that spliting the nation was be the best thing to do.
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The British give up rule of India due to war depts. Hindus and Muislims fought each other for control.
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To advoid fighting between religions, India broke up into anouther nation. Indian remained mostly Hindhu and Pakistan was created from Muslims.
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Gandhi saw the mass killings during this resettlement of Indians and told Hindus to allow the Muslims safe passage. Instead a Hindu extreamust, who thought Gandhi was being protective of the Muslims, shot and killed him.