Comparing the Colonies

Question 1

FIVE KEY ELEMENTS OF COLONIAL ECONOMIES

Answer 1

1. the colonial state had power to tax, seize, land, compel, labor, build railroads, ports, and impacted the daily life heavily
2. colonies were integrated with the new world market that demanded their cash crops (gold, rubber, tin, coffee, cotton, sugar, etc.)
3. subsistence farming diminished as more people grew cash crops for export, and people moved to other areas to work for wages
4. artisans suffered as hand-made products were replaced by cheap machine manufactured products
5. end of weavers in India as they were replaced by cheap British textiles

Question 2

ECONOMIES OF COERCION (CONTEXT)

Answer 2

new demands led to new work; mostly public projects (construction, transportation)

> > Congo had the most strict policy- basically torture under Leopold II

Question 3

EOC (CONGO)

Answer 3

villagers were forced to collect rubber (in demand for bike wheels); Leopold II’s treatment was criticized in Europe so the Belgium government took over in 1908

Question 4

EOC DUTCH IN INDONESIA

Answer 4

the Dutch required natives to cultivate 20% of the land for cash crops (coffee and sugar) that was used for taxes and then sold on the world market

> > huge profit for Dutch traders and merchants

Question 5

EOC MAJI MAJI

Answer 5

the Maji Maji (1904-1905) rebellion occurred in German East Africa because the natives were forced to grow cash crops

> > eventually ended the growth of cotton

Question 6

EOC PRODUCTION BEFORE IMPERIALISM

Answer 6

many African and Asian countries produced for the world market before Imperialism: peanuts and palm oil in West Africa, cotton in Egypt, spices in Indonesia, pepper and textiles in India

Question 7

GB IN BURMA

Answer 7

production of rice went up&raquo_space; population increase and rice export increase

Question 8

ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE

Answer 8

deforestation to be used to grow cash crops, irrigation systems led to soil depletion (Vietnam)