Thursday, January 26, 2017
India and the British Empire
In the late 1700s, India became part of the British conglomerate. Britain arrived on Indias untarnished and realized the demesne had a wealthiness of materials and goods they thought could be functioned to expand the conglomerates muckle and force play and make a passel of money at the like time. India specialized in cotton plant and metal. When Britain conquered India they introduced umteen good changes to break the plain. They exported goods from India to many countries so introducing Indian culture to a outlying(prenominal) wider audience than Indian could gift done on its proclaim at the time. This make up in trade also created wealth for Indian merchants, tradesmen and farmers. By 1850 India was a big supplier of sieve tea. As India was non a very developed province they benefitted from Britains transport expertise and an extensive network of roadstead and railways were built that made travel a lot easier and faster. They also helped to remedy the lot of the Indian people in the country by setting up schools and giving more(prenominal) children an approach to education. They educated the next coevals in India to help the imperium govern in areas of administration, trade and law. The Empire not wholly helped in the cities but spread out its influence to the countryside where the big majority of the population were move in farming. To get more from the crops they created irrigation systems so that they could also grasp more as crops grew better. The improvements Britain introduced to India produced so much revenue for the Empire that it was called the crown jewel of the British Empire.\nWhen England came to regulate over India there were many disputes and some felt the country was not benefitting but ever-changing for the worst. Initially the English came to exploit trade in India and increase the income of the Empire and so there main motivation was not to help the country improve unless it benefitted them. It is true th e British invested heavy in industry, but people were worked very ha...
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