What Motivated Great Britain to Imperialize "The Jewel in The Crown"?
When Great Britain came into India, they looked for certain things to make themselves stronger. One of the reasons why Great Britain wanted to imperialize India, was because India would supply the British with roughly one million people. This would make Great Britain become stronger and more powerful with population and military purposes. A second motive is that Britain wanted more raw materials and they knew India had vast amounts. Britain wanted to trade cotton for spices from Indonesia but Britain didn't have cotton. So they took over India and got their cotton and raw materials for their industries. A third motive was when the railroad network had opened. It helped the British transport good more efficiently. It helped the British to trade more easily with China.