Unit 7

By Ava KB
  • EIC Becomes Indian Dominant Power

    British East India Company becomes the dominant power in India; used troops and mercenary to enforce policies; trade increased India's importance to British
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    Pass laws enacted in South Africa

    Pass laws were enacted for the purpose of ensuring a reliable supply of cheap, docile African labor for the gold and diamond mines
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    Sepoy Rebellion breaks out in India

    ends in defeat, as the formally calls upon the British army to intervene
  • Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi born

  • Queen Victoria crowned Indian Empress

    Queen Victoria crowned Empress of India
  • Indian national Congress

    advocated for more representation in government for educated Indian elites, minor social reforms, increased communication between British Raj and local elites
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    Gandhi Studies Law in London

    Traveled to London to study British law; picked up on British habits; Returned to India to establish a law practice, initially unsuccessful
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    Gandhi Moves to South Africa

    Would not return to India until 1915; experienced racism by local and british authorities; joined the british army
  • Muslim League

    Initially backed by British; sought to primarily secure rights for Indian muslims; Worked with British Raj to raise awareness of issues affecting Indian Muslims; Initially favored British rule, but adopted indian self-rule as their main goal in 1913
  • South Africa Gains Independence

    Great Britain gave South Africa independence
  • Gandhi Begins Protests/Rebellions

    advocating non-violent civil disobedience in order to disrupt British production of cash crops
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    Indian Independence Movement

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    Gandhi Arrested

    arrested under charges of sedition and imprisoned by the British Raj; non-violent protests through hunger strikes; advocates for Indian Self-Rule from his cell
  • Quit India Resolution Drafted

    Gandhi drafts a resolution for Britain to Quit India; mass protests and demonstrations against WWII follows
  • Britain Leaves India

    Britain officially withdraws from India; ends Raj era; grants India self rule; partitions India into India and Pakistan
  • Apartheid becomes official law in Africa

    Races segregated
  • Gandhi Assassinated

    Gandhi is assassinated by Hindu extremist while on his way to prayer over religious frictions following Independence
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    Group Areas Act

    mandated residential segregation throughout South Africa; large-scale removals of Africans, Indians, and Coloureds were carried out
  • More rigid pass law enacted in Africa

    government enacts an even more rigid law that required all African males over the age of 16 to carry a “reference book” containing personal information and employment history
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    Protests against pass laws in Africa

    Defiance Campaign - 1952–1954 | women’s protest in Pretoria - 1956 | burning of passes at the police station in Sharpeville - 1960
  • Cambodia Gains Independence From France

    Cambodia becomes independent from France colonization; Prince Sihanouk takes rule
  • Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act

    Created the Bantustans in South Africa; abolished indirect representation of blacks in Pretoria and divided Africans into ten ethnically discrete groups
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    3.5 Million South Africans Moved

    apartheid government forcibly moves 3.5 million black South Africans in one of the largest mass removals of people in modern history
  • Nelson Mandela Arrested

    Sentenced to life for bombing government targets after peacefully standing up against apartheid
  • US starts bombing Cambodia

    US thought some Cambodians supported the Viet Cong
  • Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act

    declared all Africans were citizens of “homelands,” rather than of South Africa itself
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    Law Violators Deported

    Africans found in violation of past laws were stripped of citizenship and deported to poverty-stricken rural “homelands”
  • Khmer Rouge Takes Over Cambodia

    Installs brutal authoritarian communist government; genocide; ends when Vietnam invades and overthrows government
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    4 Homelands Declared Independent

    Transkei, Venda, Bophuthatswana, and Ciskei declared “independent” by Pretoria; 8 million Africans lose citizenship ; not recognized by other countries
  • Africans Resist Moving From Crossroads

    lasts four days; Africans resisted being moved from Crossroads to the new government-run Khayelitsha township farther away
  • South African Citizenship Restored

    South African citizenship restored to people who were born outside the four “independent” homelands
  • Pass Laws Repealed in Africa

    increasingly expensive and ineffective; led to more than 17 million arrests before being repealed
  • Nelson Mandela Pardoned

    President deKlerk pardons Nelson Mandela; he becomes ANC president and negotiates the end of apartheid
  • Mandela Elected President

    Elected first black president of South Africa; served one term then retired from politics
  • Homelands Reabsorbed

    homelands reabsorbed into South Africa
  • Nelson Mandela passes away