History Form 3

Indice

1. 1. Establishment of Colonialism

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   • Colonialism, imperialism and the causes of the Scramble
   • The Berlin Conference and the partition of East Africa
   • Methods used to establish colonial rule
   • Armed resistance to colonial rule
   • Collaboration, passive resistance and why resistance failed
   • Summary

   Meaning Colonialism is the direct political, economic and social control of one country by another, more powerful country. Imperialism is the policy of extending a nation's power over other territories; in its economic sense it is the stage of monopoly capitalism in which capital is exported to colonies. The rapid…

2. 2. Colonial Administrative Systems

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   • Meaning and aims of colonial administration
   • Direct rule: German administration in Tanganyika
   • Indirect rule: British administration
   • French assimilation and association
   • Portuguese and Belgian rule; comparing the systems
   • Summary

   Meaning Colonial administration is the system used by a colonial power to govern its colony: to keep law and order, collect taxes, organise labour and make sure the colony served the economic interests of the colonial power. The main systems were direct rule , indirect rule , assimilation and association . Direct rule…

3. 3. Colonial Economy

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   • Meaning, aims and features of the colonial economy
   • Colonial agriculture: peasant, settler and plantation farming
   • Mining, transport and communication
   • Colonial labour: methods and systems
   • Colonial trade, money and the effects of the colonial economy
   • Summary

   Meaning The colonial economy was the economic system set up by colonial powers to produce raw materials for European industries and to create markets for European goods. It was not designed to develop Africa for Africans. Its main sectors were agriculture, mining, transport, trade and labour organisation. Features of…

4. 4. Colonial Social Services

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   • Meaning, providers and aims of colonial social services
   • Colonial education
   • Colonial health services and other social services
   • Why services were limited, and their effects
   • Summary

   Meaning Social services are services provided to improve people's welfare, such as education, health, water, housing and recreation. In colonial Africa, social services were provided by colonial governments, missionaries and some companies. They were limited, unevenly distributed and mainly designed to serve colonial…