Colonial Development

Question 1

ONLY 3 ASPECTS OF COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT

Answer 1

1. colonial rule served to integrate Africa and Asia into the global market that was mainly centered in Europe
   »most lands were devoted towards producing cash crops for the market- Burmese rice farmers and W African cocoa farmers benefitted while Indian wheat farmers endured famine
2. some modernization was conveyed to the colonies
   »>improved administration, bureaucratic structures, communication (telegraph) and transportation (roads, railroads), also new schools and health care
3. no major breakthrough to modern industrial society though (no Industrial Revolution)