In the late 1700's, India became part of the British Empire. Britain arrived on India’s continent and realized the country had a wealth of materials and goods they thought could be exploited to expand the empire’s trade and power and make a lot of money at the same time. India specialized in cotton and metal. When Britain conquered India they introduced many good changes to improve the country. They exported goods from India to many countries so introducing “Indian” culture to a far wider audience than Indian could have done on its own at the time. This increase in trade also created wealth for Indian merchants, tradesmen and farmers. By 1850 India was a big supplier of rice tea. As India was not a very developed country they benefitted from Britain’s transport expertise and an extensive network of roads and railways were built that made traveling a lot easier and faster. They also helped to improve the lot of the Indian people in the country by setting up schools and giving more children an access to education. They educated the next generation in India to help the Empire govern in areas of administration, trade and law. The Empire not only helped in the cities but expanded it’s influence to the countryside where the vast majority of the population were engaged in farming. To get more from the crops they created irrigation systems so that they could also earn more as crops grew better. The improvements Britain introduced to India produced so much revenue for the Empire that it was called 'the crown jewel' of the British Empire. When England came to rule over India there were many disputes and some felt the country was not benefitting but changing for the worst. Initially the English came to exploit trade in India and increase the income of the Empire and so there main motivation was not to help the country improve unless it benefitted them. It is true the British invested heavily in industry, but people were worked very ha