In 1945, the British viceroy handed power back to India freely. Mohandas Gandhi fought with nonviolence before the British handed over the power back to India. Gandhi describes the positive motives for a nonviolence approach to Indian independence, “Passive resistance is a method of securing rights by personal suffering…” (Doc 3) India was a huge asset to the British Empire especially during World War II. Gandhi said, “I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire.” (Doc 3) He yelled this statement during the Salt March. Jomo Kenyatta, the first president of Kenya and leader for independence, stated, “The land is ours.
During the same years that Britain had lost its colonies in North America, it had established itself as the ruler of India. Initially the British achieved their domination of India through the East India Company, a private company of merchants chartered in 1600. In the late 18th-century the Company expanded its authority across India by warfare and negotiation. In response, the Hindus founded the Indian National Congress in 1885 with the goals of modernizing Indian life and liberalizing British Policy. After World War I, the Indian nationalist movement got
The benefits that India gained during British imperialism was that they had western education and modern science.The British also built a government bureaucracy that provided law and order as well as the judicial system. document 4: List at least five benefits of imperialism side by this author. this Author believed that British imperialism brought many benefits.he believed it brought communication, transportation systems, and an irrigation system that increased farmland production.India also had an improved sanitary system and social welfare system. document 5: what are the benefits of imperialism identified by this author? The author identified the benefits of imperialism as the "standards of humanity".These included the end of female infanticide,slavery, and slave trade.
John Hobson, an English economist, saw imperialism as inevitable, for powers of production outpace consumption resulting in more profit for the mother country (doc 2). The United States was involved in imperialism due to the Monroe Doctrine of 1823, which made the western hemisphere an American protectorate and their victory in the Spanish-American War making them a Pacific power. Both Europe and America believed imperialism could bring them economic power and capacity. Imperialism was not strictly confined to economics; it also included the political aims of unique states. John Hobson deemed demand for foreign markets for manufacturers and investments was responsible for the adoption of Imperialism as a political policy (doc 2).
DBQ 17 British imperialism in the 19th and 20th centuries resulted in negative and positive effects on India and Britain itself. The British were positively affected by imperialism, while India was both positively and negatively affected by the imperialism. Indian natives had no say in government, and were pretty much ruled over, but were also positively affected, like adopting a parliamentary system of government. Britain was positively affected and gained mass amounts of natural resources and processed them, also known as mercantilism. There were many positive affects to Imperialism in India.
Period 6 APUSH Progressive Era DBQ Progressivism is defined as “the political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society.” Progressive goals included ending laissez-faire government, ending corruption in the government, improving the lives of Americans, and making the government more responsible to the people. This philosophy was evident in both reformers and federal government officials during the period 1900-1920. Muckrakers, prohibitionists, and educated middle class members were a few groups most often thought of as Progressive reformers. They advocated their desires for reform in art, literature and other tactics. Presidents like Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and other government officials pursued reforms from positions of power.
Akbar the Great, absolute monarch of India, has many positive effects on his empire by being one. He was the monarch of India in the late 1500s. Akbar the Great had modernized the army and had helped it build its capacity and strength. He also encouraged trade and had introduced land reforms. By encouraging trade and land reforms, he had also help spread cultures and religions.
When he was president, He believed that the “Government should be the great arbiter of the conflicting economic forces in the Nation, especially between capital and labor, guaranteeing justice to each and dispensing favors to none. (Whitehouse.gov).” Roosevelt had earned the title the “trust buster” By forcing the dissolution of a great Railroad combination in the Northwest. During his presidency, He initiated a massive public relations effort. He made the U.S. Navy stronger and created the “Great White Fleet,” Sending it on a world tour as a testament to the U.S. military power. He also helped expedite completion of the Panama Canal, which was vital for travel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in half the time previously required.
• Roosevelt began by launching a campaign to tackle monopolistic trusts that hurt consumers. In 1902, under the auspices of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, he filed a lawsuit against James J. Hill’s and J. P. Morgan’s Northern Securities Railroad Company. • In 1904, the Supreme Court upheld Roosevelt’s suit in the Northern Securities decision, forcing the giant railroad company to disband. Roosevelt subsequently filed similar suits against dozens of other trusts, including the beef trust, the sugar trust, and the harvester
The Changing Organized Retail Scenario in India: The historical evolution of retailing in India is as old as Indian civilization. Indian caste system is testimony to the evolution of retailing business in India and emergence of the caste of ‘baniya’ (tradesman) community. Many large organized retailing formats have evolved inIndia as we have witnessed the setting up of stores like Shoppers Stop, Food World, Giant, Lifestyle, Pantaloons, Big Bazaar, Westside, Star India Bazaar and Globus. We have also experienced the growth of malls like Forum, Sahara, Crossroads, Central malls, Nirmal Lifestyles, Spencer Plaza, etc., in the last decade. It is understood that the modernization of Indian retailing