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| style="width: 50%; text-align: center;" colspan="2" | <center>'''<span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: georgia, palatino;" >Effects of British Imperialism on India</span>'''</center>
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| style="width: 50%;" | <span style="font-size: 14pt;">'''Positive Effects'''</span>
| style="width: 50%;" | <span style="font-size: 14pt;">'''Negative Effects'''</span>
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*<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: georgia, palatino;">The British built the world’s third largest railroad network in India</span>
*<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: georgia, palatino;">Railroads and telegraphs united the subcontinent &nbsp;</span>
*<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: georgia, palatino;">The British developed a modern road network and built dams and irrigation canals&nbsp;</span>
*<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: georgia, palatino;">Sanitation and public health improved &nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: georgia, palatino;"></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: georgia, palatino;"></span>
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*<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: georgia, palatino;">The British restricted Indian-owned industries such as cotton textiles&nbsp;</span>
*<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: georgia, palatino;">The British emphasis on cash crops resulted in a loss of self-sufficiency for many villagers&nbsp;</span>
*<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: georgia, palatino;">Famines increased as cash crops reduced food production&nbsp;</span>
*<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: georgia, palatino;">Indians faced discrimination from the British in their own land</span>
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| style="width: 100%;" | <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: georgia, palatino;">Ultimately, the British wanted India’s resources for its factories. &nbsp;Indian resources were exported to Great Britain and converted into manufactured goods that were sold throughout the world. &nbsp;Of course, manufactured goods were more profitable than raw materials. &nbsp;As such, India exported cheaper resources and was forced to import expensive manufactured goods.</span>

<br><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: georgia, palatino;">By not allowing Indian industries to compete, the subcontinent experienced great poverty. &nbsp;The Indian people suffered as India became an exporter of cash crops and an importer of more expensive finished goods. As Mohandas Gandhi, one of the leaders of India’s independence movement, once said, “The industrialized countries of the West were exploiting other nations. India is herself an exploited country. </span><br>
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