Colonialism: Rural and Tribal Societies — Land Revenue Systems and Commercial Crops

Colonialism: Rural and Tribal Societies — Land Revenue Systems and Commercial Crops

This topic explains how the establishment of East India Company rule shattered India's traditional self-sufficient rural economy through exploitative land revenue settlements and forced commercial cropping. It covers the...

• The English came to India as traders and gradually became rulers, expanding from South to East and then North.
• The British shattered India's traditional self-sufficient rural economy through economic exploitation.
• Land revenue became the biggest source of income for the East India Company.

~15 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app