HIS282Y1 Lecture Notes - Physiocracy, Gulab Singh, Subsidiary Alliance
Document Summary
Handout 9: transition to colonialism i & 2. Decline of the subsidiary alliance: decline of the subsidiary alliance and the acceleration of conquest, early 19th century. The east india company and indigenous merchants had a link. Company was built on alliances with indian traders and englishmen. The british use their military power to back a ruling family that would help the east india. East india company financed battles against local rulers in the south. Extended to hyderabad which becomes a princely state. Arcot: interesting case of the decline of the subsidiary alliance. British demand regular payment for army, local ruler puts pressure on revenue collectors, which puts pressure on peasants, pressure on ruler. British say they are going to annex their territory. Nawab of awadh forced to give up all his territories. Mysore and maratha territories: tipu sultan defeated 1799; marathas defeated 1818. Mysore and maratha territories: greatest obstacle to company expansion.
