Chapter 20 Part 1

If I could take one thing away from this reading, it would be how powerful the British were when it came to ruling other countries. It is really eye opening how easily the British took over everything and everyone and pretty much no one could do anything to break out of their control for many years. But they were smart. They did not want to take over large masses of populations all at once. They went village-by-village so they could make sure that there was never too many people to take control over. Except for India. The British tried to take over India as easily as they took over other countries, but they had a bit more of a struggle. The Indian population decided that they were not going to just stand by and the Britain take over their beloved country, so they started a revolt against them. Because the Indians made it so much harder for the British to take over their country, Britain decided to take direct control over India. But by the time that India had won their independence, they had become one of the poorest countries in the entire world, and the British never helped. Obviously the British were a force to be reckoned with if they were able to extend their power all the way to the Americas and rule over the United States for years before they were able to hold their own independence. That was what opened my eyes the most in this section of reading: British power.