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Advantages
* Learned how to speak English. * British helped them develop as a country * They built roads, buildings, railways, ect. * Educated them * Taught them skills * Gave them jobs
Disadvantage
* Exploited their resources * Under paid them * Disrespected and physically hurt them * Stole their riches * Took over their land * Mistreated them
2. The form that the British rule took under the Raj was the British ruled over the Indian Subcontinent when it took control from the East India Company following the Mutiny of 1857. Natives and princely states that came under the British who were responsible for foreign and military affairs were self-governed.
3. Imperialism contributes to unity and to the growth of nationalism in India because British became a common enemy for a number of disparate groups. But English was the standard language used in India had a unifying effect, gave groups a way to talk to each other rather than use a regional language which may well have proven divisive.
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4. Chinese have little interest in trading with the west because China's economy is driven by trade and a significant portion of the country's budget is derived from trading with the world and they were a self-sufficient society.
5. Opium war: Causes: Well Britain was selling Opium to the Chinese as a major export in exchange for Chinese goods. It was so addicting that over 10 million people were addicted
