Imperialism And India By Adrian Lee Analysis

Imperialism and India The British very few good marks on India, but there are many more bad marks. They advanced India politically, but never shared the power. They helped them economically, but left many problems, They helped solve crime issues, but left many dead. Politically speaking, the British helped India, but they gave them no control. As Adrian Lee’s writing shows many political ups and downs. He includes that the British helped India get more investments, and they had an efficient government at 500 million people. However, Document 2 says India had no control over any decisions that were made for them, like taxations. Document 1 also shows us a bad thing the British did, which is because they gave India no power or control, so India couldn’t develop their own government. They did cause good and bad political situations, however, the bad stand out and left greater effects. The British improved India’s economic business, but they also left many problems. Paragraph 10 in Adrian Lee’s writing claims the British …show more content…
Dr Lavani states in Adrian Lee’s writing “The first definitive atlas of India was drawn and there were great social reforms, such as the eradication of thuggee (violent highway robbery), the banning of the custom of suttee (the burning of windows on the husband's funeral pyre) and female infanticide.”. This quote is really saying that they helped stop many crimes. Paragraph 16 says that the british helped spread English language which greatly helped with communication. Now, even though they helped spread language, document 5 reads that they slowed down their process of improving at literature. The British really didn’t care about India’s well being at all, and some proof of this is in document 7, which indicates that lots of people living off food crops starved to death because the British replaced them with cash crops (example: indigo