How the bold, hopeful visions of self-determination in Britain’s eastern colonies curdled into a more militant nationalism by the end of the second world war.

In 1600, Queen Elizabeth I approved the creation of the East India ... Empire, this was done using a lot of force and violence when local people did not cooperate with the merchants. who wanted to ...

British traders preceded soldiers in India, too, as the British East India Company established increasingly important commercial interests that came to require military support. So, too, did the ...

Cameron Thomas reflects on the abundance and exploitation layered upon the canvases of Jan Davidz de Heem, in a current ...

We begin with the immediate concerns of the Huseypur Raja and the circumstances that shaped the nature of his opposition to ...

To the British, India served as the jewel of the British Empire ... to world trade. [Analyze cause-and-effect relationships] 9-12 Compare the British conquest of India with the Dutch penetration ...

Aside from being Rick Steves' favorite country in the world, India ... and trade. Over centuries, it passed through different empires, including an early Christian phase, Dutch colonial rule ...