india

Question 1

how was the british crown able to assert authority over the EIC?

Answer 1

the company was bankrupt and the government balied them out with the condition of the government regulating the company. and over the time the government imposed more and more regualtion

Question 2

what was the impact of the regulating acts?

Answer 2

the EIC evenutally lost its commercial monopoly and capitalism was introduced

Question 3

how did the concept of free trade impact on the changing function of EIC?

Answer 3

they had to be like every other company and compete with other countries

Question 4

what was the mughal empire?

Answer 4

the established power in the subcontinent. a member of the muslim dynsaty founded by the successors of the tamerlan who ruled much of india in the 16-19th century

Question 5

what was the maratha empire?

Answer 5

an early modern indian confederation that rose to dominate much of the indian subcontinent in the 18th century

Question 6

what was a nawab?

Answer 6

a native governor during the time of the mughal empire. royal title indicating soverign rule

Question 7

what was a nabob?

Answer 7

originally the name for an official under the mughal regime, the word use used in britain in the 18th century to describe the company employees who made their posture in india

Question 8

what was a sepoy?

Answer 8

indian soliders recruited from the native population of india by the european continental powers

Question 9

what was the caste?

Answer 9

a social structure that divides different groups into ranked categories. brahims were the highest, kshatriyas, vaishyas, shudras and dalits/untouchables being the lowest

Question 10

what are company presidencies?

Answer 10

the leaders of the organisation

Question 11

what is free market?

Answer 11

an economic system in which prices are determined by unrestricted competition by privatley owned businesses

Question 12

what is a privy council?

Answer 12

a body of advisors appointed by a soverign or a governor general

Question 13

why was the bengal presidency the most important in the EIC?

Answer 13

was the governor general of all EIC territory

Question 14

how did the EIC territory grow?

Answer 14

annexed assam, manipur, and catcher between 1823 and 1826, the punjabs were under complete control of by 1849. they conqured afghanistan for a year and then retreated

Question 15

what were the reasons for the growth in EIC teritory?

Answer 15

needed more people for the military

Question 16

what is utalitarianism?

Answer 16

the philosophy that the governing principle of rulers should be the effort to secure the greatest happiness for the greatest number

Question 17

what were the Anglo-sihk wars?

Answer 17

:was fought between the sikh empire and the EIC in 1845&46 in and around the ferozepur district of punjab. It resulted in defeat and partial subjugation of the sikh empire and cession of jammu and kashmir as a separate princely state under british control

Question 18

what was first anglo-afghan war?

Answer 18

fought between the british empire and the emirate kabul from 1838-42. The british initially successfully invaded the country taking sides a succession dispute between emir dost mohammad and former emir shah shujah

Question 19

what is depotism?

Answer 19

the exercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel oppressive way

Question 20

what is paternalism?

Answer 20

the policy or practise on the part of people in authority of restricting freedom and responsibilities of the subordinate to or otherwise dependant on them in their supposed interest

Question 21

what was the battle of plassey?

Answer 21

the EIC won over the nawab bengal and his french allies on 23 june 1757

Question 22

what was the impact of british rule on the caste system?

Answer 22

At first the british strengthened the system, under british rule the untouchables and low-caste indians enjoyed an improvement of their social standings

Question 23

what was the british campaign against thagi?

Answer 23

It is highway robbing and ritual murder. The campaign was led by colonel willaim sleeman and began in 1835

Question 24

what was the campaign against sati?

Answer 24

he tradition of self-immolation by hindu widows on the funeral pyres of their husbands, caused outrage in higher caste members

Question 25

what was the campaign against female infantiside?

Answer 25

The practice of killing female babies at birth. This stemmed from the difficulty to pay dowries and the shame from having an unmarried daughter

Question 26

how succesful were the campaigns?

Answer 26

Thagi: was very successful and the people of india viewed it as an altruistic act  Sati: it was not successful because for higher caste indians who practised sati, the interference was seen as a deliberate attack on caste purity and the presumption of cultural superiority and the presumption of cultural superiority  Female infanticide: was fairly successful, improved womens lives 

Question 27

what is thagi?

Answer 27

highway robbery and ritual murder devoted in service of the hindu mother goddess Kali 

Question 28

what is sati?

Answer 28

the tradition of self-immolation by hindu widows on the funeral pyres of their husband

Question 29

what were the princly states?

Answer 29

a state in the subcontinent that had not yet been conquered by the british and was ruled by local rulers, either hindu or muslim. Also known as a native state 

Question 30

what is evangelical christianity?

Answer 30

christians who try to convert you to christianity and preach god's message 

Question 31

how did christian missionaries manage to estabilish themselves in india?

Answer 31

because in 1813 the EIC lost its monopoly which allowed the introduction of missionaries

Question 32

how did the indians respond to missionaries and why?

Answer 32

 they went to 2 different extremes they either turned to extreme hinduism or sikhism, or they embraced christianity and european culture 

Question 33

what is brahim?

Answer 33

varna or caste within hinduism specialising as priests and protectors of sacred learning across generations

Question 34

what was the bengal ressistance?

Answer 34

an indian social reform movement which grew out of reinterpreting indian religious philosophy. The thinkers who founded the movement were familiar with both western and eastern philosophies and created a complex fusion of the two traditions 

Question 35

what were Dalhousies attitides and beliefs?

Answer 35

Expand and expanded on the anglican schools 

Question 36

what were Dalhousies successes?

Answer 36

Penny post, first railways, subdued punjab, first telegraph line 

Question 37

how did Dalhousies reforms contribute to the indian mutiny?

Answer 37

The doctrine of lapse disrupted the caste system as people believed they could no longer go to heaven

Question 38

what was the doctrine of laspe?

Answer 38

the ‘lapse’ of land into the british. The british announced that land would be taken from all talkudars unable to prove their legal title to their estates. And adopted children couldnt inherit land

Question 39

what was paramountcy?

Answer 39

 conditions in which it was stated that the british would and should intervene in the affairs of native state. In the first of these conditions for british interference was in the case of the death of the native ruler without a legitimate heir

Question 40

what was a talkudar?

Answer 40

a landowner

Question 41

what were the long term causes of the 1857 rebellion?

Answer 41

clash of cultures

Question 42

what were the short term causes of the 1857 rebellion?

Answer 42

The annexation of awadh, cartridges being covered in animal fat, the general service enlistment act

Question 43

what were the main events of the 1857 rebellion?

Answer 43

jhansi: the rani refused to surrender to the british, cawnpore:wheeler did not have enough supplies to fight of the rebels for more than 18 days; 200 british massacred on the 15th july most of them women and children, lucknow: the first relief reached lucknow on 25th september but it was not possible to fight everyone off so they decided to stay; the second relief group fought their way in 14-17 november and lucknow was evacuated 

Question 44

what was the general service enlistment act?

Answer 44

 it required every indian soldier to go to war overseas for deployment if required

Question 45

what is a siege?

Answer 45

 a military operation in which enemy forces surrounded a town or building, cutting of essential supplies, with the aim of getting those inside to surrender

Question 46

how were th ebritish able to regain control after the rebellion?

Answer 46

he rebellion was not widespread, and the indians were not united 

Question 47

what were the key changes to british rule in india?

Answer 47

more british soldiers, sepoys requited from different regions, less cultural interference, less missionaries

Question 48

what were the continuities of british rule between the EIC years and the british Raj years?

Answer 48

british in control

Question 49

what was the government of india act of 1858?

Answer 49

 adapted from the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It originally received royal assent in August 1935. It was the longest Act of Parliament ever enacted until the Greater London Authority Act 1999 surpassed it.

Question 50

what was the british raj?

Answer 50

the rule of the british crown on the indian subcontinent 

Question 51

who was dalhousie?

Answer 51

expanded the colony but had no regard for consequences from disregarding culture  

Question 52

who was william bentinck?

Answer 52

the first governor general of india, was careful and looked out for consequences 

Question 53

who was thomas macualey?

Answer 53

erved on the supreme council and had an effect on indian education 

Question 54

who was william sleeman?

Answer 54

Major-general Sir William Henry Sleeman KCB was a British soldier and administrator in British India. He is best known for his work from the 1830s in suppressing the organised criminal gangs known as Thuggee.

Question 55

who was ram rohan roy?

Answer 55

Raja Ram Mohan Roy FRAS was an Indian reformer who was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha in 1828, the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, a social-religious reform movement in the Indian subcontinent. He was given the title of Raja by Akbar II, the Mughal emperor

Question 56

who was rani of jhansi?

Answer 56

asked the british for help from invasion, once the british arrived they threatened to invade so she led her people to fight back

Question 57

who was henry lawrence?

Answer 57

best remembered as 'Lawrence of Lucknow' for organising the defence of the Residency at Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859). He died there on 4 July 1857 from wounds received during the siege.