Social Darwinism: The belief that Europeans were culturally and intellectually superior.
Geopolitics is the interest in taking land for its strategic location and products.
In the late 1500’s, countries and nations all over have shadowed a system of imperialism for numerous reasons. The doings of this system have both positive and negative effects leading up to modern society.
Geopolitics had a say in how India was conquered by British rule. First of all, the natural resources such as cotton, tea, jute (Thread Fibers) and coal led British to imperializing India. The British Parliament would rule India …show more content…
In areas like India, British farming policies led to famine. By 1850, the company gained over 60% of India. The rule over India gave the East India Company a vast amount of wealth due to trade agreements and the acquisition of India’s natural resources. There had been surging discontent among the citizens that felt the British were unfairly taxing the natives and not redistributing the profits gained from India’s natural resources. This led to a rebellion in 1857, when Sepoys revolted against the British. Particularly, the reason for the Sepoy Rebellion, was due to newly manufactured weapons given to the Sepoy soldiers. As stated before, due to their religion, Muslims were forbidden to eat pork fat while Hindus were forbidden to eat cow fat. The soldiers had discovered that the cartridges were either greased in pork fat or cow fat. This raised an issue with the soldiers, they refused to load their rifles and use the cartridges. The EIC responded by sending the Sepoys home without pay. Due to this dismissal, the Sepoys revolted. To stop the rebellion they sent British troops. In the attempt to hinder the rebellion, British soldiers burned homes and villages and slaughtered native