https://padlet.com/riordada14/n2qqx1xhtoe4dieg Please follow Group Directions on your worksheet en-us 2021-05-08 17:38:46 UTC 2021-05-12 01:55:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1ec-1f1e7.png riordada14 https://padlet.com/riordada14/n2qqx1xhtoe4dieg/wish/1515562602 The railroads were initially built to allow greater access to raw resources to ports. The railroads also connected several formerly independent states. The railroads not only carried materials throughout the country but also Western ideas and Indian nationalism.]]> 2021-05-11 23:25:47 UTC https://padlet.com/riordada14/n2qqx1xhtoe4dieg/wish/1515562602 riordada14 https://padlet.com/riordada14/n2qqx1xhtoe4dieg/wish/1515575584 Was a political party leading the independence movement from Great Britain and was reactionary to the spread of Western ideas and religious conversion. Established in 1885, the congress was represented by at least one delegate from every state in India and began to write grievances to the British Parliament.]]> 2021-05-11 23:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/riordada14/n2qqx1xhtoe4dieg/wish/1515575584 riordada14 https://padlet.com/riordada14/n2qqx1xhtoe4dieg/wish/1515591652 The Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle, which used greased paper cartridges to keep the gunpowder dry in the rain. In order to open the cartridges and load the rifles, the Sepoys had to bite into the paper and tear it with their teeth. In 1856 the Sepoys became aware that the cartridges were covered in a mixture of beef and pork lard. The following year a mutiny started, yet was eventually crushed. This event caused the Royal Family to dissolve the British East India Co.]]> 2021-05-11 23:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/riordada14/n2qqx1xhtoe4dieg/wish/1515591652 riordada14 https://padlet.com/riordada14/n2qqx1xhtoe4dieg/wish/1515592147 Land Revenue (Tax) was a percentage of the yield of crops grown such as cotton, tobacco, and spices. Each year was a gamble because of India's nonreliable monsoon season. Yet, the tax and the raw materials produced around half of the total income in the whole empire.]]> 2021-05-11 23:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/riordada14/n2qqx1xhtoe4dieg/wish/1515592147 riordada14 https://padlet.com/riordada14/n2qqx1xhtoe4dieg/wish/1515602669 A Crown Jewel is defined as a particularly valuable or prized possession or asset and India became known as the "Crown Jewel of the British Empire." The territory became even more lucrative after the establishment of the Suez Canal which cut travel time from 3 months to 3 weeks.]]> 2021-05-11 23:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/riordada14/n2qqx1xhtoe4dieg/wish/1515602669 riordada14 https://padlet.com/riordada14/n2qqx1xhtoe4dieg/wish/1515667099 The British East India Co. established a presence in the region in 1612 and slowly began to expand in territory and eventually defeating the Mughal Empire in 1764. This allowed the company to recruit from the local populace into the army. As the Company's territory grew so did the pool of potential recruits. By the 1850s there were 300,000 local conscripts in the army and only 50,000 British regulars. However, with the large local presence in the army, the Company did not evolve to include local customs.]]> 2021-05-12 00:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/riordada14/n2qqx1xhtoe4dieg/wish/1515667099 riordada14 https://padlet.com/riordada14/n2qqx1xhtoe4dieg/wish/1515669312 The Dutch gov't in exile unable to govern the island territory of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) sells it to the British and incorporate the territory into British India.  ]]> 2021-05-12 00:16:59 UTC https://padlet.com/riordada14/n2qqx1xhtoe4dieg/wish/1515669312 riordada14 https://padlet.com/riordada14/n2qqx1xhtoe4dieg/wish/1515926589 Coffee was the original cash crop of the British East India Co. However coffee was replaced with tea because of the growing popularity of the product in England. Entrepreneurs like Sir Thomas Lipton and Thomas Twining traveled to newly acquired territories in the Far East to buy tea farms.  ]]> 2021-05-12 01:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/riordada14/n2qqx1xhtoe4dieg/wish/1515926589