The British East India company held India in its grasp until the Sepoy Rebellion in 1857 happened. Because of the rebellion England decided to take more control over the colony by having the actual government take root and complete control in 1857. With Britain having taken over India they turned it into a very efficient colony and maximizing its potential‚ while also putting controlling and racist laws to Indians and restricting them in most ways‚ by forcing them to farm non food crops‚ destroying
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Why did the British take control of India? One word‚ Resources & power‚ a positive aspect of it is that the British [In control of India] is that they [the indians] benefited from the British for taking control of India‚ here’s why [and how they impacted the country with Political social and economic]. British Imperialism had a positive impact on the politics of India because…. Imperial rule has established framework of india and has the World’s largest democracy. The british has forced india
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THE BRITISH MILITARY: HOW IT MAINTAINED POWER IN THE REGENCY ERA. The British Army‚ despite being made up mostly of volunteers‚ was one of the most powerful armies during the Regency Era. Such power is not easy to hold onto‚ but Britain managed it well through her extensive organization of the army and the functions applied to them‚ as well as the situation that Britain was being thrown into during this time. A major contributor to Britain maintaining its military dominance was the way that the
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During the late to mid-1900s‚ India began to accept many British policies. Indian medical officials started to work with British psychiatrists to continue research on mental health. They implemented special Western therapies and measures that were considered modern and revolutionary at the time. For instance‚ they took “prophylactic measures against cholera and smallpox” and used hydrotherapy to cure almost all the cases of mental health.15 One doctor reported using Electric Convulsion Therapy (ETC)
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One main goal that Hitler successfully executed was expanding Germany into a German Empire. In 1934 when President Hindenburg died Hitler seized the opportunity to take claim of the vacant power. During this time he would combine the power of the president and chancellor and declare himself as “Fuhrer.” In the novel‚ the author makes the claim that what prevented Germany from being a strong single power was its close proximity to four other great European powers. Haffner believed that Germany was
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The Russian Empire founded in 1720‚ it was the third largest empire in world history‚ and it stretched over three continents. The 20th century in Russia started with the catastrophe of the Russo-Japanese War. With the lost‚ Russia was economically devastated and the national morale was virtually non-existent. The Russian people had had enough of the impotent Tsar Nicholas II. Russia‚ unlike the rest of Europe‚ was backward society. In Russia‚ they still had many serfs. The Russians knew they needed
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The British are coming! The British are coming!" This infamous quote is by Paul Revere‚ a messenger of the Boston Committee of Correspondence. He managed to deliver the message to the townspeople as well as Sam Adams and John Hancock that the British were coming to confiscate their weapons. This warning soon turned into a historical event that put the Revolution into full swing. In 1764‚ a year after the French and Indian war‚ the Sugar act was passed. This act forced the colonist to pay a 3¢ tax
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Which do you consider to be the most successful Empire‚ The Roman or the Mongol. The Romans and the Mongols were two of the most successful empires in human history and both of them left many legacies and conquered huge amounts of land but the Roman empire was more successful. The Roman empire was established‚ as a city‚ on a hilltop in Italy but conquered more land and gained more power in time. It had supreme military power and had conquered countries bigger than their own starting from Italy
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The decision of the British colonies to declare their Independence from Britain was long in the making and began to escalate directly after the end of the French and Indian War. After signing the Treaty of Paris‚ Britain was still facing the costly debt of the war and parliament made the decision that the colonists should help pay in the form of a number of taxes. This left the colonists feeling cheated as they failed to hold a single representative seat in Parliament and had no outlet to voice their
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The empire of Mali‚ is one of the most gold rich empires ever. Stretching from the Atlantic‚ to the city of Goa‚ the empire is one of the first of its kind. The Mali empire was first created by Sundiata‚ one of the few survivors of the Mandinke people. Sundiata would grow up to be a very strong military leader‚ who would seize control of major trade routes in Ghana‚ and later conquer the Empire‚ thus‚ creating the empire of Mali. Sundiata’s Predecessors‚ Mansas‚ meaning Sultan; would later convert
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