Title: How did Britain end up ruling

over India?
Do now:
1) Why do you think
cricket is not played
widely in China?
2) What does the term
Empire mean?
3) What was India
described as by the
British?
Why did Britain go to India in the first place?
1) We are going to read the Mungal Empire worksheet together
2) Add as many different reasons as you can to your spider diagram

Why was India

attractive to
the British?
A group of Englishmen set up the East India Company in 1600 and
were given permission from Queen Elizabeth I to trade with India.

But, how did tiny England end up in control of vast India AND how did Britain
manage to see off all the other European countries to achieve it?

To find out, we are going to need to read the East India Company sheet
 How did Britain end up ruling India?
Do now:
1) Look through your
books.
Correct/complete any
unfinished or
incorrect work I have
marked.
2) What was the EIC?
Video
What does the video
Important:
show us about the
1601 - 1700: 17th century
early British traders
1701 - 1800: 18th century
that
1801came
- 1900:to19th
India?
century
What control did the EIC had in the 17th
Century (1600s) and in the 18th century
(1700s) and in the 19th. century (1800s)?

1) You will need a copy of the map

2) You will need 3 colours for each of the

centuries

3) You will need to go back through the

reading to select specific examples of
control across the different centuries

17th century (1600-1700)

18th century (1700-1800)

19th century (1800-1900

Which parts of India did the British control in the 18th
century?

18th century (1700-1800)

Which parts of India did the British control in the 19th
century?

19th century (1800-1900)

Now we are going to see if we can identify any patterns or
trends which helped the British to control England

I want you to summarise the EIC’s changing control and power over
India

In the 17th Century, the East India Company began to control……

Moreover, by the 18th Century, the East India Company had taken over
…

By the 19th Century, the British Government secured control over….