merchants are people whose job is to buy and sell goods

textiles are fabrics made by weaving materials like cotton

warehouses and trading posts set up by the East India Company were called factories

the Mughal Empire ruled over most of the Indian subcontinent during the 17th century

The arrival of the East India Company

History

Religious tensions in the Mughal Empire

Challenges to Mughal rule

The growth of the East India Company as a private army

The Plassey Revolution

Mughal authority and the East India Company

In this unit, pupils investigated how the East India Company contributed to the decline of Mughal rule. This leads to ‘The British Empire: how far was it transformed in the mid-nineteenth century?’, where pupils will examine the broader transformations within the British Empire during a key period of its development.

In ‘The Mughal Empire: how important was violence to the Mughal conquests in India?’, pupils examined the role of military force in establishing and expanding Mughal rule. This unit builds on that by investigating the factors that led to the decline of Mughal authority with the rise of the East India Company.

In this unit, pupils learn about the arrival of the East India Company on the fringes of the Mughal Empire. They examine how the East India Company's power and influence grew, and how they, along with various Indian rulers, destabilised Mughal power over India.

The East India Company: when did Mughal authority collapse?

tolerance involves allowing people to do or believe what they want although your beliefs are different or you do not agree with them

the jizya was a tax which non-Muslims had to pay in Muslim-ruled countries

discrimination involves treating a person or particular group of people in a worse way from the way in which you treat other people, because of characteristics like their race or religion

a guru is a religious leader in the Sikh religion

nobles are people from the highest social group in some countries

authority refers to the ability to keep others under your control

a successor state is a smaller country which is formed after a larger country begins to breakdown

to sack an area means to attack it and steal valuable goods, especially by using violence

rupees are the name of the Indian currency

an alliance is an agreement between two or more countries to work together

a nawab was an Indian ruler who declared their loyalty to the Mughal emperor but ruled a local area as they wished

a sepoy was an Indian soldier serving in a European army

someone is recruited if they agree to join an organisation, especially an army

fortifications include strong walls and towers  that are built to protect a place

a revolution is a period of time when there is significant change, such as a change in who holds power in a  country

a puppet ruler is someone who appears to be in charge of a country but is actually controlled by other people or groups

a treaty is a written agreement between two or more countries, approved and signed by their leaders

when an important person is killed for political reasons, it is said that they have been assassinated

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