Imperialism and India
Throughout history, many nations have implemented imperialism to enforce
their will over others for money, protection and civilization. India was no
exception. Since its discovery, Europeans were trying get a piece of India's
action. In many cases England was the imperial, or mother country. Since India
was put under imperialism, a great deal of things changed, some for the good,
mostly though for the bad. Between 1640 and 1949, India was ruled by two
periods of imperialism, both of which effected India in a very profound and
permanent manner.
The first period of European control was between 1740 and 1858. During
this period the British East India Company controlled the Indian sub-continent
under the guise of economic imperialism, when in fact the manipulation of Indian
affairs was much more political than let on. When it was founded in 1600 by
Queen Elizabeth I, the East India Company's main purpose was "to break into the
Indonesian spice trade......
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