9th Class Social Science Peasants and Farmers Question Bank 9th CBSE Social Science Peasants and Farmers

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      Write a paragraph on why the British insisted on farmers growing opium in India.  

    Answer:

                      Till the 1780s, white American settlements were confined to a small narrow strip of coastal land in the West. There were various native American groups, several of them were Nomadic, some were settled. They lived by hunting, gathering, fishing and cultivating corn, beans, tobacco and pumpkin. By the early 20th century, white Americans had moved Westward and establsihed control up to the West coast, displacing the local tribes. The American Indians were first driven beyond the river Mississippi and then further West. Numerous wars were waged in which Indians were massacred and many of their villages burnt. The Indians resisted, won many wars but I ultimately were forced to sign up treaties, give  up their land and move Westward. As the  Indians retreated, the white Americans  powered in.


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