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

The Plassey Revolution

History

The arrival of the East India Company

Religious tensions in the Mughal Empire

Challenges to Mughal rule

The growth of the East India Company as a private army

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?

organised its armies to recapture Calcutta

made an agreement with the East India Company

took Calcutta from the East India Company

Match the statements to the group in order to describe the opposing sides in the conflict over Calcutta.

At the Battle of Plassey the East India Company's forces were commanded by Robert...

At the Battle of {{}} the East India Company defeated the forces of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Awadh and the Mughal emperor.

Historians have suggested that during the Plassey Revolution the Nawabs of Bengal became __________ rulers controlled by the EIC.

The East India Company was given formal control of Bengal.

The East India Company was allowed to collect taxes in Bengal.

The East India Company gave up control of Bengal.

The East India Company had to pay the Mughal emperor 2.6 million rupees yearly

The Mughal emperor had to pay the East India Company 2.6 million rupees yearly

Which of these were agreed at the Treaty of Allahabad?

The Treaty of Allahabad actually placed Shah Alam under the protection of the East India Company, which included a ban on the emperor returning to {{}} for several years.

The Compagnie des Indes was from which European country?

Rival networks of alliances were able to develop across India in the early eighteenth century because Mughal authority had...

In 1746, the French captured the important British trading post of...

Following the First Carnatic War, the East India Company and the Compagnie des Indes {{}} the size of their armies in the Indian subcontinent.

Indian soldiers serving in __________ armies became known as sepoys.

the East India Company and Compagnie des Indes supported different sides.

the East India Company and Compagnie des Indes supported the same side

the East India Company and Compagnie des Indes remained neutral

During the conflict over who should be the new Nawab of Arcot...

The Plassey Revolution

Lesson outcome