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Motivations For Imperialism
In India
By Jade, Grace, Haiden and Henry
Notes
Abundant natural resources and raw materials
To gain a much larger market to buy their manufactured goods and as a way to make money for future
advances
Trading things such as opium and cotton from India for tea from China
British were much more technologically advanced
Felt that they were obligated to westernize other races of people.
3 - Number of countries that participated in the cotton, opium and tea trade. China, Britain and India.
Ethnocentric Reasons - Belief that their cultural values and beliefs were superior to other nations beliefs.
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British East India Company set up trading posts in parts of India and over
time, they became successful and were the leading power in India
India is Britain's “Jewel of the Crown” , meaning its major supplier of raw
materials
Large population (300 million) were good marker for Britain's goods
Civil war made US cut off supplies production in Britain which made them
eager to produce from India
India became more useful after railroads were installed - able to transport
goods to inner ports of neighboring countries much easier and more efficiently
India developed their modern economy and brought unity to connected
regions which made them useful to Britain
MOTIVATIONS FOR IMPERIALISM IN INDIA
300 MILLION AS A WAY
BRITAIN SAW INDIA’S HUGE POPULATION OF
TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF SELLING GOODS IMPORTED FROM INDIA
INDIA HAS ABUNDANT
NATURAL RESOURCES AND
RAW MATERIALS
BRITISH WERE MUCH
MORE
TECHNOLOGICALLY
ADVANCED IN BOTH
TRANSPORTATION
AND WEAPONS
IN
DI
A
T
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GR TAIN
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CHIN
BR
A
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COUNTRIES
INVOLVED IN THE
TEA, COTTON,
AND OPIUM
TRADE
JEWEL OF THE CROWN
ETHNOCENTRISM
MORE USEFUL AFTER
RAILROADS WERE INSTALLED
ABLE TO TRANSPORT GOODS
TO INNER PORTS OF
NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES
MUCH EASIER AND MORE
EFFICIENTLY
SOCIAL DARWINISM
THE BRITISH FELT THAT
THEIR WAYS WERE
MORE SUPERIOR TO
OTHER COUNTRIES, SO
THEY FELT OBLIGATED
TO WESTERNIZE
OTHER COUNTRIES
OPIUM AND
COTTON SENT
TO CHINA IN
EXCHANGE
FOR TEA
Motivations for Imperialism
BRITAIN SAW INDIA’S
HUGE POPULATION OF
300 MILLION AS A WAY
TO MAKE MONEY OFF
OF SELLING GOODS
IMPORTED FROM INDIA
INDIA
OUNTRIES
INVOLVED IN THE TEA,
COTTON, AND OPIUM
TRADE
JEWEL OF THE
CROWN
SOCIAL DARWINISM
THE BRITISH FELT THAT
THEIR WAYS WERE MORE
SUPERIOR TO OTHER
COUNTRIES, SO THEY
FELT OBLIGATED TO
WESTERNIZE OTHER
COUNTRIES
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MORE USEFUL AFTER RAILROADS
India developed their modern
INSTALLED- ABLE TO TRANSPORT
INDIA HAS ABUNDANT
GOODS TO PORTS OF NEIGHBORING
economy and brought unity to
NATURAL RESOURCES
COUNTRIES (EASY + MORE
AND RAW MATERIALS connected regions which made
EFFECTIVE)
them useful to Britain
OPIUM AND
COTTON SENT
TO CHINA IN
EXCHANGE
FOR TEA
CIVIL WAR MADE US CUT OFF
SUPPLIES PRODUCTION IN
BRITAIN - MAKING THEM EAGER
TO PRODUCE FROM INDIA