Due Monday (2/27): Read pages 756-760 on African imperialism and answer the following questions:
- What were the motives for Europeans to colonize in Africa?
- Explain the importance of the Suez Canal, the Berlin Conference and the Boer War to the European presence in Africa
- Explain two attempts (and their results) of resistance to European imperialism
Due Wednesday (2/29) - Quiz on India packet. Use the focus questions as your guide.
Read pages 235-238
How did uprisings and the maintenance of an Indian army affect the kind of government the British attempted to impose.
Read pages 238 – 240 (after the 1st paragraph of sec. III)
What was the purpose of the British education system in India and what were its intended and unintended consequences?
Read pages 240 – mid 245
What was the purpose the British tax system – how did it secure British control in India? How did it build off of the Indian village tax system?
Read pages 246 (sec. V) – 252 (p. 252 is at the top of the front of the packet)
What was the major example of Britain’s effect on India’s native industries? What were the problems with the way that Britain built the Indian infrastructure?
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