Unit 13: Paper 2 — Independence Movements (1800–2000)
Topic 13.1: Origins and rise of independence movements Questions
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Which term describes a colonial system in which the imperial power keeps local chiefs or princes in place and rules through them?
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In the four-part model of colonial grievances (E-P-S-C), which grievance covers exclusion from senior government posts and a racial hierarchy in administration?
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In which year did British troops fire on an unarmed crowd at Jallianwala Bagh (the Amritsar massacre)?
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Examine the part played by economic grievances such as trade restrictions and taxation in the growth of independence movements.
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Napoleon's invasion of Spain in 1808 helped independence movements in Spanish America because it did what?
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Compare and contrast the leadership of Gandhi and Nehru in the rise of the Indian independence movement.
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In colonial Spanish America, which group was wealthy and American-born but blocked from the highest offices?
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The Spanish Bourbon reforms from the 1760s sharpened criollo anger mainly because they did what?
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Examine the ideological factors that contributed to the growth of independence movements.
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Compare and contrast the factors behind the growth of independence movements in two countries, each chosen from a different region.
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In which year was the Indian National Congress founded?
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The Muslim League was founded in 1906 mainly to do what?
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To what extent did leaders succeed in widening support for independence movements beyond the elite?
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Which event in 1919 outraged Gandhi and helped him begin transforming Congress into a mass movement?
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Examine the economic grievances produced by colonial rule that gave rise to independence movements.
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Evaluate the view that political exclusion was the most important grievance produced by colonial rule.
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Discuss the ways in which the methods of colonial rule shaped the grievances that colonised peoples developed.
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To what extent were cultural grievances responsible for the rise of independence movements?
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Compare and contrast the grievances that arose under colonial rule in two colonial territories, each from a different region.
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What best describes the Indian National Congress before Gandhi transformed it after 1919?
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