British Imperialism Dbq

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British imperialism had a negative a impact on the people of India because of who they opted to teach English to and who actually got to go to school in Britain. According to Dr. Lalvani the spread of english language helped allow communication between two different types of people (Lalvani). The British only taught English to the selected elite and often only taught english if the person had the same mindset and intelligent as them. When the british did teach English it was primarily only benefited or served a purpose of themselves (Doc 10). The british primarily only wanted to teach the Indians if it had a benefit for themselves, they used the Indians to get what they needed, not for the wellbeing or benefit of the Indians. Lalvani also