THE BRITISH EMPIRE

The British Empire

The Clapham Sect

• A group of reformers from London and the request was accepted by the Parliament in 1807
• They wanted to Christianize India
• Indians didn’t let the Clapham Sect christianize them.

David Livingstone

• Scotish explorer and missionary
• He was in the anti-salvery movement and wanted to start a commerce in Africa
• He spent several years exploring Africa
• He also wanted to spread the Christianity in Africa

British experiences in Africa and India

Africa:

• Accepted easily the Christianity religion
• Didn’t do a rebellion against Britain
• Became the British slaves

India:

• Rejected the Christianity religion
• After two years British got into India they started a rebellion
• Didn’t let the British make them their slaves

The Sepoy Mutiny

• Indians rejected Christianity
• The mutiny was used beacause the process of Christianize was succeding too slow
• This cause a war between India and British, but the Indians died in a cruel way, as prisioners and being executed
• A lot of British and Indians died in the battle 

Henry Morton Stanley

• American explorer and journalist
• He wanted to conquer Africa
• He found Livingstone in a village of Africa named: Tangayika

LINK TO THE VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZclmgPRrgM (remember it is just part 1, there you can find the other 4 parts)