history test #2 g.10 p3

part 3

British East India Company

an English trading company founded in 1600 played a major part in expanding british power and influence in asia especially india

sati

hindu practice in which a widow was expected to burn herself on her husbands funeral pyre to show her devotion

indian national congress

a political party founded in 1885that worked for indian self rule and later led the movement for independence

muslim league

a political party founded in 1906 to protect the rights of Muslims in India and later played a key role in the creation of Pakistan.

viceroy

representative of a monarch who rules a colony or territory on the monarch’s behalf,

Sepoy Rebellion/mutiny

: A large-scale revolt in 1857–1858 by Indian soldiers

opium wars 

Wars between China and Britain because Britain wanted to keep selling opium, China tried to stop it british military defeated them