20th C E Slot by Virginia Laffey https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2 Each student assigned #1 share HW question #1 notes, #2 share HW #2; #3 share HW #3. en-us 2016-09-12 20:26:11 UTC 2016-09-14 12:41:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png 1.What were the ways the British consolidated power in India before 1900?           2.How did British rule impact the Indian economy (both positively and negatively)?3. How did education play a role in the colonization of India? How did it lead to self-government movements? virginialaffey https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123715280   ]]> 2016-09-14 11:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123715280 How did British rule impact the Indian economy (both  positively and negatively)? lc_estevez https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123727876
  • India became the leading tea exporter.
  • They began exporting more things
  • Deforestation
  • The Indian weavers and spinners were put out of business.
  • Transportation improved

    • ]]>     2016-09-14 12:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123727876     question 2 jack_silver https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123727892 Expanded agricultural production, creating large plantations. Early crops were opium to export to China and tea to substitute for imports from China. India gradually replaced China as the leading exporter of tea to Europe. During the 19th century India also exported cotton fiber, silk, sugar, jute, coffee, and other agricultural commodities to be processed elsewhere. Clearing land for tea and coffee plantations, along with massive commercial logging operations, led to extensive deforestation]]> 2016-09-14 12:26:25 UTC https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123727892 question 2 cecelia_desimone https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123727940
  • Crops -> extensive deforestation
  • Extensive railroad and irrigation systems
  • Indian textiles suffered
  • Exported cotton to Britain -> imported British cotton goods

    • ]]>     2016-09-14 12:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123727940     question 1  anne_mccauley https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123727966
  • The british got rid of local armies 
  • Introduced easier private property laws 
  • Gave more power to local princes and religious leaders( hindu and muslim) 
  • Outmaneuvered french and dutch rivals 

    • ]]>     2016-09-14 12:26:42 UTC https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123727966     #1 theo_richter https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123728034 They consolidated power by taking over what was the British East India Company. They also had a large military force, both British and Indian troops. There was also fast travel and communication because of steam ships and the telegraph.

    ]]>     2016-09-14 12:26:55 UTC https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123728034     Question 3 stella_stone https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123728072 education created a more powerful and unified state. Because the Indian’s became more educated, they noticed the inequalities of the system]]> 2016-09-14 12:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123728072 #3 https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123728087
  • Teaching a universal language helped to unify the different subcontinents, which was an important step to making India a strong nation.
  • Scholars studied European democracies, and began to realize the inequality of Indians vs Europeans.

    • ]]>     2016-09-14 12:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123728087     #2) Positive: Expanded agricultural production, large plantations, strong infrastructure                     Negative: Disease_> new sewage systems,  was no improvement for the poor junia_janvier https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123728118 2016-09-14 12:27:12 UTC https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123728118 question 3 boiiiii luc_allio https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123728390 More educated people were less violent, which made the British government's job way easier. However, the educated Indians soon began to realize how unfair their situation was and wanted to change it.]]> 2016-09-14 12:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123728390 #3 may_spector https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123728495
    1. How did education play a role in the colonization of India? How did it lead to self-government movements? Education played a role by creating schools which helped create a unified, powerful state but the more educated the Indians became the more they realized how unfair the system was. 

    ]]>     2016-09-14 12:28:26 UTC https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123728495     #3 stella_stone https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123728705 education created a more powerful and unified state. Because the Indian’s became more educated, noticed the inequalities of the system]]> 2016-09-14 12:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123728705 Question 2 edward_evangelista https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123728715 Agriculture production expanded, however textiles suffered as many hand spinners lost their jobs due to Britain exporting the hand spinning machines. 

     ]]>     2016-09-14 12:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123728715     Question 1 https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123729052 The British government replaced the company, progressively unified the subcontinent, and harnessed its economy to British interests.  The British combined their power with the India, India became much faster, safer and more predictable. They had a large force that had Inda and British troops. They had fast travel, steam ships. 

    ]]>     2016-09-14 12:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123729052     Question #1 They disbanded and disarmed local armies, introduced simpler private property laws, and enhanced the powers of local princes and religious leaders, both Muslim and Hindu. maya_bell https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123729335 2016-09-14 12:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/virginialaffey/Wheeler2/wish/123729335