British Imperialism Research Paper

Since the very beginning, the British empire thrived with social and economic success. For developing countries who have faced British Imperialism, trying to piece together a broken identity is an everyday task. One of the many countries, India, have benefited from the modern systems implemented by colonists. However, it has also taken away the potential of being an economic powerhouse, and casted a mindset that white is better among Indians that they are still trying to break free from today. Before the 1700s, the Mughal empire was rapidly burgeoning in Southern India. As a matter of fact, India dominated the world trade and was a powerful nation on its own. After the colonization by the British, the country’s name has been made synonymous with poverty. Policy after policy the British put in place, slowly depleted India’s once thriving economy. …show more content…
Trade protocols and import-export duties were constructed to have a detrimental effect on India’s exports. The British would discard finished goods into India all while taking away raw resources contributing heavily to the downfall of India’s industry. With the downfall of India’s industry, the plunder of riches were used to help Britain’s economy prosper. Taxes that were obtained were used to finance Britain’s expansionism. Policies that were made had long term effects on India’s way of governing, education and social systems, culture, religion, and history. These policies were meticulous and the principle of these were to showcase India as a place without structure, law and order, and without civilization. And the British had the unfortunate burden of civilizing these barbaric people. They perpetuated flaws and magnified them to an unnecessary scale. Pushing the idea of assimilation onto Indians and perpetuating the idea that their culture inferior and