In India the British replaced what empire?

The British replaced the Mughal Empire in India.

1. How did the British Empire change India?
2. Why did the British lose their empire in India?
3. What did the British refer to India as?
4. What did British take from India?
5. When did India become part of the British Empire?
6. What good did the British Empire do?
7. What role did the British monarchy play in India after 1857?
8. What happened to the British Empire?
9. What is still in the British Empire?
10. How did the British Empire change the world?
11. When did the British Empire start and end?
12. Why did Britain want an empire?
13. Why was India known as the jewel of the British Empire?
14. Is India still under British?

How did the British Empire change India?

The British presence in India began through trade. Men like Robert Clive of the British East India Company combined military prowess with a ruthless ambition and became fabulously wealthy. With wealth came power, and traders took control of huge swathes of India.

Why did the British lose their empire in India?

One reason why the British were reluctant to leave India was that they feared India would erupt into civil war between Muslims and Hindus. ... In 1947 the British withdrew from the area and it was partitioned into two independent countries - India (mostly Hindu) and Pakistan (mostly Muslim).

What did the British refer to India as?

The British viewed India as its most valuable colony. ... These included things like spices, textiles, cotton, and the opium that the British would sell in China to be able to buy tea. Because India had so many people and so much wealth, it was the "jewel in the crown" of the British Empire.

What did British take from India?

How did the British land 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.

When did India become part of the British Empire?

On August 2, 1858, Parliament passed the Government of India Act, transferring British power over India from the company to the crown.

What good did the British Empire do?

The British empire brought many changes to many people and many countries. Some of these changes involved innovations in medical care, education and railways. The British empire fought to abolish slavery in the 1800s, but it profited from slavery in the 1700s.

What role did the British monarchy play in India after 1857?

After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British government took control of the Company. All power was transferred from the EIC to the British Crown, which began to administer most of India as a number of provinces.

What happened to the British Empire?

The Suez Crisis confirmed Britain's decline as a global power, and the transfer of Hong Kong to China in 1997 marked for many the end of the British Empire. ... After independence, many former British colonies joined the Commonwealth of Nations, a free association of independent states.

What is still in the British Empire?

Little remains of British rule today across the globe, and it is mostly restricted to small island territories such as Bermuda and the Falkland Islands. However, a number of countries still have Queen Elizabeth as their head of state including New Zealand, Australia and Canada - a hangover of the Empire.

How did the British Empire change the world?

As with other great imperial constructs, the British empire involved vast movements of peoples: armies were switched from one part of the world to another; settlers changed continents and hemispheres; prisoners were sent from country to country; indigenous inhabitants were corralled, driven away into oblivion, or ...

When did the British Empire start and end?

Others say the start date should be the 1490s, while other historians date the empire from the early 1600s. The end of the empire came in the years after World War 2, with most of Britain's colonies ruling themselves independently by the late 1960s.

Why did Britain want an empire?

Britain had many reasons to want an empire. Economically, the rich natural resources available in Africa, Asia and the Pacific earned the country a lot of money as goods were imported and exported. Politically, it made Britain a very powerful country and allowed the spread of their influence across the world.

Why was India known as the jewel of the British Empire?

They had all sorts of goods that the British wanted. These included things like spices, textiles, cotton, and the opium that the British would sell in China to be able to buy tea. Because India had so many people and so much wealth, it was the "jewel in the crown" of the British Empire.

Is India still under British?

Dominion of India (1947–1950)

Independence came in 1947 with the Partition of India into the dominions of India and Pakistan, within the Commonwealth of Nations. ... In 1950 India became a republic and the link with the British crown was severed.