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This European country took over India
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England
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This British company helped the British take over India
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British East Indian Company
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The British East Indian Company had Indian soldiers called
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Sepoy
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Why did the Sepoy rebel against the British?
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Because they gave them bullets that were covered in grease from cows and pigs
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How did the British control India's economy?
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they did not allow the Indians to compete with the British, they had to buy everything from the British even the things that they could make themselves
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What was Sati?
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Hindu wives would commit suicide by burning themselves to death during their husbands cremation
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What was female infanticide?
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killing female infants at birth due to the parents not being able to or wanting to support them.
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What was the Sepoy Mutiny?
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The Sepoy Mutiny was the rebellion of the Sepoy against the British because of the new rifles and bullets
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Nmae of the meeting in which European countries decided how to divide Africa?
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Berlin Conference
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What is total war?
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War in which the aim ins not to kill just soldiers but civilians as well and to destroy cities and factories too
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