SS7H3 a&b Indian Independence & Mohandas Gandhi

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The belief that people should be loyal to those with which they share a common history, customs, origins, and sometimes language and religion.

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nationalism

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What happened August 15, 1947?

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When the British offered India full independence of its own nation establishing the Republic of India.

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Leader of the peaceful civil disobedience movement for Indian independence.

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Gandhi

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When and why did Great Britain come to India?

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In the 1601, Great Britain came to India through the East India Trading Company to set up trading forts.

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At first Great Britain was only looking to do what when they came to India?

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To trade goods like spices, sugar, vanilla

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By 1760 Great Britain had gained

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political and economic power over India.

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Under British rule Indians began to resent being ruled by a foreign government because

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Of inequality and they were treated unfairly and treated as second-hand citizens

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Indians were also ________________ ___________ by the British on goods that were found in their own country.

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taxed heavily

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In the 1800s, a feeling of _______________________ began to surface in India.

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nationalism

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What were the first two groups that worked for the rights of Indians?

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National Congress in 1885 and the Muslim League in 1906.