Why did the British settle in India?
The British East India Company came to India as traders in spices, a very important commodity in Europe back then as it was used to preserve meat. Apart from that, they primarily traded in silk, cotton, indigo dye, tea and opium. They landed in the Indian subcontinent on August 24, 1608, at the port of Surat.
How did the British oppress India?
The British East India Company made its sneaky entry through the Indian port of Surat in 1608. After the Indian Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, the British government assumed full control, dissolving the trading company. Imperial rule destroyed India’s local hand loom industry to fund its own industrialization.
In what two ways was the British rule in India oppressive?
(i) (a) It kept the people of India deprived of freedom. (b) It ruined India economically, politically, culturally and spiritually. (ii) Lahore Session of the Congress motivated the demand for Purna Swaraj or complete independence.
Why is there not more resentment between India and the British?
And, Tushar believes, it is the fact that the Indian opposition to the British was non-violent that is the key to understanding why there is not more resentment and anger between the two nations. “It allowed us to believe we had won independence,” he says.
Do Indians bear grudges against the British today?
But the truth is few Indians appear to bear grudges against the British today. I should know, because a draconian law written by, and named after, my great-grandfather was the cause of one of the most notorious atrocities in British colonial history.
Why did the British claim that their empire was different?
The British claimed that their empire was different because it had a moral dimension but when it came to conflict with natives over land, the colonists always found a way of justifying their actions. In the c17th many colonists believed in the divine ordering of the world and Man’s place in it.
How did England gain control of the colonies in 1649?
In 1649, Britain established the Commonwealth, and the legislation that followed would assert British rule over all British Colonies, giving them further economic power. Policy changes meant that all cargo from Europe going to the Americas had to be sent to England first to be exported and then re-exported, being taxed along the way.