pineapple, coconut,.....weed.....the good stuff.
raw materials, labour,
India was rich in raw materials, which held the potential to help Britain's market.
Britain by its policy of Divide and Rule were able to capture some provinces of India. Taking advantage of the situation, the British destroying the Indian Industry and Commerce, exported raw materials of India to England to develop Britain and then they were exporting from England the manufactured products making India dependent on Britain with its own production and industry totally crippled.
Industrial revolution began in end of 17th century when britain conquered india and also established its east india co. From india britishers exported many raw materials like cotton,spices,other materials which were abundant here, and not there.britishers took this in bulk to britain from india and developed their industries.it was available in india at low cost thus they exploited indian artisans and developed themselves..............
Raw materials and a large workforce for those of you on study island
In 1790 when the British Revolution happened factorys and machines were developed to produce objects for the public faster but Britain needed raw materials. For this reason the English colonized India (actually, forced India to subjugate - go under the British rule). The reason the British forced India to go under repression is because they knew that they had cheap labor so they could easily afford it. Most of the raw materials were gotten from India.
Raw Materials and markets for British products.
they wanted raw materials because they could sell them for slaves and they could use them
India was rich in raw materials, which held the potential to help Britain's market.
shipped cedar logs
they had potatoes
Economic reasons and those reasons only find out more when you type in did great Britain help or hurt India on GoogleBritain wanted more raw materials and they knew India had vast amounts. Britain wanted to trade cotton for spices from Indonesia but Britain didnt have cotton. So they took over India and got their cotton and raw materials for their industries.With British merchants in control of India's foreign trade and with the financing of this trade centered in London, a three-way exchange developed: the tea Britain bought in China was paid for by India's exports of opium and cotton to China. And because of a rapidly increasing demand for tea in England, British merchants actively fostered the profitable exports of opium and cotton from India.From Michael Parenti's book "Againts empire" we find he says: "The massive poverty we associate with India was not that country'soriginal historical condition. British imperialism did two things:first, it ended India's development, then it forcibly underdevelopedthat country."