DIRECT CONTROL CASE STUDIES (where there is political or military control of another country)

USSR OVER EASTERN EUROPE
1. Invaded Hungary in 1956 - tanks patrolled Budapest and people who challenged their ideologies were killed
  1. Refugees fled to Holland
2. Policies in Eastern European communist countries were "rubber stamped" by USSR
India
1. Britain took direct control of India in 1858
2. Before, Britain, France, Portugal, and the Dutch all had trading posts in India
3. They exported tea, spice and opium
4. Britain expanded in to South East Asia (Burma, Malaysia, Singapore) from bases in India
5. There was an Indian rebellion against growing British influence in 1857; british forced quelled this and took full control of India
  1. After 1858, policy of promoting British language and culture
  2. Judicial systems and educational systems set up along British lines
  3. Rail network expanded to help trade but this also helped the military quell as they could get around easier
  4. Key leaders in government and business brought in from britain
  5. 1947, India became independent from Britain
    1. 1947, war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir region
    2. India was partitioned into largely muslim pakistan and hindu india
      1. 14 million people migrated across borders to relocate in areas of their own religion
      2. In mixed areas like Bengal and Punjab, violence erupted claiming many lives
      3. 1971, war broke out in East Pakistan eventually leading to formation of Bangladesh

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