Indians were resentful of ____ rule. Ever since the 1600s the British East India Company had gradually ____ its control over India until by the 1800s Britain controlled its major natural resources. Wealthy British citizens came to India to set up tea, cotton, spice, and rice ____. Employing Indians for low wages the British harvested the natural ____ of the country and shipped it off to British ____ to be turned into manufactured goods. These goods were sold around the world for high ____ but unlike Europeans or American shoppers, Indians had no ____ but to buy British goods. British laws made it ____ for Indians to make their own clothes or produced their own goods. It was even illegal for Indians to walk down to the sea and scoop up a ____ of sea salt.

Why did Ghandi target the salt trade?

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