| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Indirect Rule | company runs India through rajas, etc... |
| Direct Rule | British government would send representatives to replace local leaders |
| Imperialism | The policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations |
| Colonialism | subset of imperialism - territorial acquisition part; control by one power over a dependent area or people |
| Purpose of colonialism | economic exploitation of colony's natural resources, creation of new markets for colonnizer, extension of colonizer's way of life outside its borders |
| The British Raj | transfer of power following the Sepoy Rebellion in 1857; switch from indirect from direct rule, directly translated into "british reign" |
| 1858 | Year India becomes under British rule |
| Just Rule | a rule made by God |
| White Man's Burden | famous moral defense of imperialism in 20th century; portrays imperialism as noble - European task of civilizing primitive cultures |
| "White Man's Burden" 's background | comes from British novelist and poet Rudyard Kipling |
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