Dutch East India Company

Informal reception of Johor The British managed to conquer Johor for having a very good strategy. British advisors were appointed is a way for British to conquer Johor when the title of advisors play an important role as well as Resident in the Federated Malay States (FMS). The general advisor at the time was named Douglas Graham Campbell. He was able to advise and control Sultan Ibrahim in all matters except religion and custom. In the previous, British used his general adviser to influence…

Salt: A Simple and Powerful Legacy Muhandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869. At the time the country had been under the official government rule of Britain for eleven years, and had been under heavy influence from the British East India Company since 1757. As Gandhi grew up he would realize the problems of the British power. He would use his knowledge and new ideas to unite the country. Through nonviolent protests and civil disobedience Gandhi would later make England realize…

Passage to India is a novel written by E.M. Foster. It is located in the middle of the British Raj in India, when it was under the effective control of the British Empire for a long time, which developed a powerful economic control of the natural resources of the country, exploiting and exporting them to the most diverse places of the empire king George V and thereby creating a flourishing trade that benefited most the undisputed power in Britain grade. During this time, the population of India…

terms of British Colonial rule in India. These distinctions emerged alongside the British ‘civilizing mission’ in which the question of rights came to the forefront of the discourse and were matched with the invention of culture. Edmond Burke’s analysis of rights in the context of the French revolution reveals that natural rights are inherited and passed down from generation to generation, as they are forms of tradition. In contrast the colonial project in India rejected Burke’s organic view of…

1914, the British ruled over Indian society. Although they brought India political and economic development, imperialism was more beneficial to Britain themselves but less for Indian society overall. The period of the Raj started because from the years 1857 to 1858 a rebellion against the British took place called the Indian Revolt. It began with a rebellion by Indian troops serving in the army of the British East India Company. Once some of the Indian troops began to revolt, the rebellion…

used the industrial revolution to their advantage to gain more territories through imperialism, starting with India. Britain’s presence in India led to great profits for themselves, but loss of independence and loss of culture for the natives. When the British East India Company obtained power over India, regulations and leaders were set in place to incorporate Britain into everything India did. Essentially, Indians labored and harvested raw materials for the British, and then had to buy British…

Although it might have seemed good to give a new rule over India it took away all their freedom, therefore when they took over all their land they also ran it carelessly. Without consideration of others they miss ruled and ran others into the ground while taking all their goods but leaving them to rote. “The English had 960 people controlling India but only 60 of those people were Indians” (doc 2) which might have been a good thing to the english because they then would have more power over the…

The tax placed on tea by the British was a way to help the East India tea company, and it was politically significant. The Americans, at the time, had just had the Townshend acts repealed on common items such as glass, paper, and etc. however they were not satisfied until all taxes had been removed. This tax was barely anything for an average American. The Englishman who had maybe half an acre of land was not generating much revenue yet he or she willingly paid taxes of 50% of their profit. The…

have prospered, some had no effect, and many of people died from imperialism. In India, there was no doubt that the British imperialism had some a big impact on India. Before the British imperialism, India was the home of many independent kingdoms, until a company called the “British East India Company” chartered by Queen Elizabeth centered India. The company fought against India in the Battle of Plessey where India lost its independence. Eventually the Indians wanted independence and the Sepoy…

Earlier, the East India Company was mainly concerned with carrying on its business in India i.e., it was mainly concerned with trade and commerce in India. Towards the end of the 18th century the East India Company assumed real power after the Battle of Plassey and Buxar in 1764. Its administration was however in the hands of the people of commerce whose main interest was in making money for serving their own vested interests rather than providing the people under their jurisdiction with an…