WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -India was forced to export, at cheaper rates, raw materials like raw cotton and raw silk that the British industries needed urgently, Plantation products and food grains which were in short supply in Britain.

Detailed explanation-2: -They traded sugar cane, tea, silk, paintings, art, jewels, sugar, cotton, perfumes and tobacco. The British Empire grew the British economy, it traded their goods and all profits were sent to Britain. At first, they learnt the Indian language, wore Indian clothes, and were part of the community.

Detailed explanation-3: -When the Civil War began, the United States supplied about eighty percent of Britain’s raw cotton, and almost all of it arrived through the port of Liverpool.

Detailed explanation-4: -The imperialist government for the making raw material available to British producers forced cash crops like indigo, opium, cotton and jute on Indian farmers first in Bengal then across India.