East India Dbq Essay

In 1707, The Mughal Empire was collapsing while the east india company (Britain) was using this as an advantage to take power over india,by 1757 after the battle of plassey they have taking rule over india leading them to use india for its resource/workforce.The laws created by the British had a structured government,but was strucerd to control the indians.Raw resources from india was moved to east india company control which ,however lead to the need of a workforce.British control as far as it goes for social was not positive because of the millions of deaths from the cause of famine which was the cause of cash crops.British control was not positive it was negative impact on india and its people.

The laws created from British rule had a structured government that was not equal to all people such as the Indians with unjustified laws that affected villages and all over India.The British in an attempt to control 500 million people with only 100,000 englishmen the government passed repressive laws like the rowlatt act that prohibited Indians from attending public meetings (gandhi).But the British

was able to unite all the states and villages and imputed british law,police,and army.But did not give Indian people the basic rights controlled the economic market in india and only six percent of government was Indian(document 2 political) .British rule over India over all was not positive because of the injustice in their own country had no control over the laws.The British divided hindus and muslims creating a “tension” between each other to make sure Indians stood divided instead of uniting against the government or british rule.

The raw resources of india were mined and moved to the british position but by the british doing that it caused jobs all over india creating economic wealth to do this.Railroads canals and other new forms of transportation extracted the resources out of india,but the railroads stayed when the british left rule of india(#16 dr Lalvani).Even then the railroads in order to be built needed a workforce this gave more jobs to the people of india(#12 dr Lalvani).While the railroads stayed there it made a fast way or transportation.The coal and iron was being imported out of india and moved to britain,but also gave a new workforce to the indians and was a valuable resource.The british east india company was thriving on india's resource but dr lavani states “it is important to note that there is a substantial list of ways in which india benefited from,includes railways, roads, canals, mines, sewers, and plantations.

The british control over india as far as social was not positive because of famine, literacy and death of starvation in the millions(document 9,10,11).Cash crops and wood being used as resource and in trade ,however the low in time and space to grow edible crops, the bad soil (high in sodium), and the death of twenty six million.Famine was a cause of the millions of deaths of starvation and left how villages and the people of india forced to do what the british wants such as cash crops(document 11).The literacy percentage under british control did not decrease and it even increased a little ,however the literacy when british left rule over india had a significant increase of a percentage of people who could read and write(document 9).This is important because it shows the problems of the british taking over india and how the british enforced, and instructed the indians.
With the british using new ways of travel and advancements in technology to extract and use India and the Indians to control their land and resources to build a even bigger empire to expand.British imperialism had a structured government that keep Indians under their control ,which was not positive but the economic was because of the tracks ,trade ,and the need for a workforce(dr Lalvani 14,15).The laws created by the British and the “company” had a structured government,but was structured to control the indians and their rights.Raw resources from india was moved to east India company control ,which however lead to the need of a workforce to build tracks and when they left india the tracks stayed.British control as far as it goes for social was not positive because of the millions of deaths from the cause of famine, which was the cause of cash crops.In conclusion british imperialism was not positive socially and even politically but it had a positive effect on India economically.