Navigable water offered easier access to trade and employment
During WWI, India made a huge contribution to Britain's war effort. Almost 1.5 million Indian men volunteered in the Indian Expeditionary Force which saw fighting in many allied war fronts,
However India did not gain her Independence from Britain immediately after WW1, but rather after WWII, in 1947.
The gain of independence was to a large extent through the passive resistance of Gandhi and his followers which began immediately after WW1, protesting against the oppressive British rule over India. On August 15 1947, the Indian Independence Bill took effect.
Answer:
D
Explanation:
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.
By the early 1900s, Germany had worsening relations with all of the following except "Austria-Hungary", since a wave of nationalism in Germany gave them the impression that Austria-Hungary was really a part of Germany anyway.
