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Period: Jan 2, 1497 to Jan 2, 1499
Establishment of the Britsh East India Company
The company suppleies raw materials for the industrail revolution. 300 million people in the market making the goods for Britian. -
Period: Jul 8, 1497 to Jul 9, 1499
Vasco de Gama
Vasco went in search for a direct sea route to India from Portugal. He went around Africa to India. -
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Decline of the Mugal Empire
Two million people died from hungrer in India while they were in war. It was just a wealthly empire with barley any power. -
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British overcome French and take control of india
Britian and France gained a lot of land. They developed a business trading Indian cloth. -
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Industrail revolution in Britain
They had really large fields with a lot of farmers. -
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Sepoy Rebellion
The sepoys rebelled and 100,000 where killed. It was because of the rumor that the cartridges were oiled with beef or pork fat. -
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British Colonized India
British government quickly took back control of India. -
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Creation of the INC
Both Hindus and Muslims worked together to get independence from the British. -
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Creation of the Muslim League
It makes India divide into two different nations Muslims and Hindus. India and Pakistan. -
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Amritsar Massacre
10,000 Muslims and Hindus protested about the rowlett acts. This happened in a city called Punjab. -
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Rowwlett Acts
All these laws allowed the British to put anyone in jail without a trial for as long as two years. -
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Gandhi's leadership of the INC
Gandhi led indepndent movements. He tried to make peace. -
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Gandhi's travels stressing nonviolent resistance
Nonviolence a powerful way to achieve independence. -
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The salt march
Indians couldn't buy salt from anyone else but the government. -
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The Government of India Act
It means that they have local self-government and limited democratic elections but they didn't have total independence. -
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India/Pakistan Independence
They both gained independence from the British and eachother. -
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Partition
There were riots between Muslims and Hindus in all the cities. 5,000 people died and 15,000 were hurt. -
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Gandhi's death
He got assassinated by a Hindu extreamist. -
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WW2 riots between muslims and hindus
Muslims and Hindus were fighting and a lot of people died and got hurt.