Fight against British Imperialism Essay

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    TITLE: The British imperialism LOGLINE: An Indian man who travels from South Africa to India to fight against the cruelty of the British government. QUICK PLOT DESCRIPTION: When British is controlling India a lot of violence increasing. These Civilized people are becoming uncivilized. They encounter with more violence than the native people. They were stealing cotton and other raw materials. However, a young man tries to stop all this violence and he tries to bring peace in India. TRIGGER- WHAT SETS THE PLOT IN MOTION: A young man travels back to his own country, he finds out that the British government is terribly controlling over native people. When he interviews a victim. He finds out that they cut off victim hand because he didn’t find enough…

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    the British provided the Indians with advanced technology and education, Imperialism within India was mostly negative because of famine, the Sepoy Mutiny, and their bad regimen or bad treatment towards them. First and Foremost in India there was famine due to imperialism. The more cotton that was being grown, the more famine deaths there were. For example, in document 3 according to the chart it shows that between 1876-1879 there were between 6.1 million- 10 million famine deaths. Also between…

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    needed a new way to collect raw materials, the idea of imperialism sprang into the minds of leaders, and they began the conquest of much of Africa, India, and China. As the push for imperialism grew and England began colonizing more territories, there was a variety of responses from the native people. Some called for action against the Europeans, disagreeing with their overpowering governments, while others gave into their laws and did not question their leadership. There were also those who…

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    to war for centuries for property, for with property comes power. Imperialism, the extension of a country's power and property through conquering other lands, has brought the world into a state of constant war for power. It is evident that imperialism has had a negative effect on the course on history just by looking at the amounts of war the world has experienced. The Opium Wars and both World Wars one and two were all results of imperialism. Imperialism has done nothing but result in…

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    European Imperialism Imperialism is a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means. Imperialism was a crucial part of the histories of many societies in the world. It benefitted some more than others, in this case the European’s. European Imperialism had both negative and positive effects on civilizations, but the negatives out weighted the positives. First example, would be British imperialism in India, and how they turned the…

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    during Britain’s imperialism over India. Let’s go back to the Indian mutiny of 1857 when the Indian people fought for justice and freedom, in their country. India was a country that had a very eventful time, fighting for their independence, and to earn it they literally fought to the death in battle but more about that later, let’s start from the beginning of this fateful mutiny, in 1857. The British Empire began to take interest in India when the East India Company established trading posts…

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    Iran isn’t very safe, as it presents a new danger everyday. Marjane Satrapi accurately represents Iran by expressing the country's nationalistic enthusiasm. In the following picture, there is a group of Americans expressing their nationalistic behaviors. Similar events occurred throughout Iran where citizens would express a nationalistic attitude. During Persepolis, Marjane stated “I was ready to defend my country against these Arabs who kept attacking us. I wanted to fight.”(Satrapi 79).…

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    Have you heard of the British Raj? Well, I’ll tell you about it. The East India Trading Company, lead by the british, moved to take India around the collapse of the Mughal Empire. They then began to rule over them, tying them to Britain until it was dissolved and the british took direct control of the nation and India became known as the “jewel of the crown” due to the abundance of resources it provided Britain. Although many believe the British control over India was terrible, it had some…

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    However, even though the European powers were ecstatic about their dominance the people who live in these colonies had a different reaction entirely to imperialism. Many of these native people became divided over their being ruled by a foreign country has some were glad while the majority grew in their hatred of what some would say to be their oppressors. China, India, and Africa saw the largest European rule of their nations. Imperialism caused for backlash from all countries that were…

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    Gandhi Imperialism

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    To What Extent can Gandhi be Considered an Opponent of imperialism? When an individual such as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi fought against the British empire, with non-violent tactics, could be considered an opponent to imperialism in india. He defended his people with skills he had learned from his childhood and his time in both london and Africa. He was a man of acceptance of most no matter what religion, sex, age and lifestyle was. His way of life and how he wanted india to be an…

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