Origins of India's Independence Movement

True of False.

The Indian Subcontinent lacked organization and structure upon the arrival of European traders.

• True

• False

The ______ Empire ruled over a territories spanning from present-day Pakistan through Southern India with highly structured provinces locally governed by mansabdars.

• Bengal

• Mughal

• Persian

• Sepoy

This is NOT a contributing reason for the decline of the Mughal Empire in the 17th & 18th centuries.

• Peasant unrest due to food shortages and over taxation.

• Domination of the British Crown

• Unkept promises of land & tax revenue for the mansabdars.

• Overexpansion

Which is NOT true about the British East India Company?

• It was dominant upon arrival.

• It was a mercantile trading company.

• Privately ownership & investors.

• Increasingly political and military focused.

Why did the Mughals grant the BEIC trading rights?

• For access to European goods

• For military protection

• To dilute power of the Dutch and Portuguese

• To form alliances with the British Crown

True or False.

Religious divisions among Hindu & Islamic people in India occurred centuries prior to the arrival of the BEIC.

• True

• False

True or False.

Private ownership of land was a common practice introduced by the highly organize Mugal Empire.

• True

• False

Match the following

• Turning point-- BEIC first 'installed' a nuwab that favored the BEIC.

• Battle of Plassey

• Turning point-- The actions of this event led to the transfer of power to the British Crown.

• The Great Revolt

• Turning point-- The BEIC gained political & military control of Bengal

• Battle of Buxar