The British Empire: A source for good or evil? January 2014 | Page 25

Activity

Doc. 1 Foundation of Jamestown, first British colony

Doc. 2 Life in plantations in India 200 years later

1. Describe the two pictures. What differences do you notice ?
2. Are these documents have been created for doing propaganda in England ?
3. Do you think that the life in the doc. 2 is the same in reality ?

Balance sheet
Write an essay where you explain and criticize in an argumentative way the evolution of
organisation of economy and the bad effect that this economy have allow in the colonies. You will
rely on specifics examples such as the example of the East India Company and you will also have to
organize your answer in several parts.
Resources:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnie_britannique_des_Indes_orientales
www.cadahistory.com
www.cbc.ca
www.thecanadaencyclopedia.com

Alya and Paul