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Thank you We sneak and here's your shmoop too sure

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brought to you by the british empire often described as

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the empire on which the sun never sets All right

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here's your question Which of the following statements best describes

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the impact of british colonialism on india And your potential

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answers are right here All this stuff First and foremost

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let's take a look at bea Typically when you encounter

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an answer with such grand and sweeping claims like the

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depletion of all the indian subcontinent natural resource is it

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safe to assume things are a little suspect A grand

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and sweeping claim is likely to broad so we could

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give me the ax now let's check out and see

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both them rely on the assumption that british colonialism was

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a pretty good thing for india Reality is that wasn't

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true what's important to remember is that india under british

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rule was run for the benefit of the british empire

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not for the benefit of india So while the british

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colonists may have enjoyed a flourishing india that simply wasn't

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the case for india as a whole that colin is

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controlled The government were racist towards indians and exploited their

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labor and resource is pretty not cool for india and

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pretty not correct answer for and see leaving us with

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d the correct answer While the british did help build

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infrastructure in the form of transportation technology industry and education

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they ultimately left india worse than when they found it

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and once india achieved independence in nineteen forty seven It

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became clear how their time under british rule rendered them 00:01:35.523 --> [endTime] incapable of economic self sufficiency Way to go guys

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