Imagine another person coming into your home and taking your rights, goods, and beliefs. Well, the British did just that to India’s people, and more. In 1757, The East India Company gained control of India when they were economically interested in trading posts, which then ended up being the world's biggest supplier for raw materials. However, in 1857 when the Sepoy Rebellion occurred, the British took all political, economic, and social control. During British rule, they used their army to control Indians and used their court system to their advantage, leading to unfair laws to grow cash crops and devastate land and the markets, resulting in the death of millions of people because of the famine the British produced, and gave them no education.
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Lalvani claims the British preserved the environment. However, the British cut trees down so they could collect more wood and sell it, which caused warmth to evaporate water, leading to salty soil (Doc 7). By doing so, not only did the British destroy forests, but they also made land so salty to the point where crops couldn’t grow. Although Lalvani claims that both nations benefited to trade, cash crops created devastating hunger and an unbalanced market. British forced the people of India to grow cash crops because they wanted to sell the crops and make even more money (Gandhi). By growing many cash crops so Indians could gain money to feed themselves and pay the outrageous taxes, many people didn’t want to buy them because the demand was not always present, so the British gave the Indians very little pay (Doc 8). This is significant because many Indians had no other source of income, leaving them with no money to purchase food, leading to hunger. Even with the very little amount of income the British gave, it was no match to the taxes and expensive food the British made them pay. It also led to people in England getting the exported food nobody in India could buy, because people in England had enough money to purchase …show more content…
Lalvani claims the British built universities and museums. Although his statement is true, only 16% of people in India knew how to read and write under British control (Doc 9). This is significant because even though the British did build centers for education, none of them were beneficial for the people of India. Lalvani claims the health and life expectancy went up. However, 59 million people died due to famine (Doc 11). Although the British could be proud of creating vaccines to cure deadly diseases such as smallpox or malaria (Lalvani), they neglected the most important part of life by not feeding their people. They gained from their cash crops and left a huge number of people left starving to the point of
Lalvani claims the British preserved the environment. However, the British cut trees down so they could collect more wood and sell it, which caused warmth to evaporate water, leading to salty soil (Doc 7). By doing so, not only did the British destroy forests, but they also made land so salty to the point where crops couldn’t grow. Although Lalvani claims that both nations benefited to trade, cash crops created devastating hunger and an unbalanced market. British forced the people of India to grow cash crops because they wanted to sell the crops and make even more money (Gandhi). By growing many cash crops so Indians could gain money to feed themselves and pay the outrageous taxes, many people didn’t want to buy them because the demand was not always present, so the British gave the Indians very little pay (Doc 8). This is significant because many Indians had no other source of income, leaving them with no money to purchase food, leading to hunger. Even with the very little amount of income the British gave, it was no match to the taxes and expensive food the British made them pay. It also led to people in England getting the exported food nobody in India could buy, because people in England had enough money to purchase …show more content…
Lalvani claims the British built universities and museums. Although his statement is true, only 16% of people in India knew how to read and write under British control (Doc 9). This is significant because even though the British did build centers for education, none of them were beneficial for the people of India. Lalvani claims the health and life expectancy went up. However, 59 million people died due to famine (Doc 11). Although the British could be proud of creating vaccines to cure deadly diseases such as smallpox or malaria (Lalvani), they neglected the most important part of life by not feeding their people. They gained from their cash crops and left a huge number of people left starving to the point of