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Beginning in the 16th century, European countries such as the United Kingdom and Spain colonized far-flung territories in order to dominate and exploit them. People's lives were uprooted and disrupted all across the world as a result of the race to conquer and rule land and resources. Despite the fact that the colonial era ended in the 1960s with national liberation movements, nearly four centuries of foreign control left its mark on many emerging countries.
1. Better Health and Education
➡ Western schools and hospitals were introduced by colonial forces, which had a positive impact on the lives of the colonized people. Traditionally, government schools concentrated on training for low-level civil service jobs. Missionaries took on much of the duty for educating the masses in several African colonies. Many of the leaders of national liberation movements who went on to run post-colonial countries were educated in colonial government and missionary institutions, despite the fact that less than half of the children in most colonies went to school. Where colonizers created medical centers, infant mortality was reduced and vaccination and disease prevention were emphasized. While the colonists brought beneficial changes and achievements, the locals frequently lacked protection to the infections carried from their native nations by the colonizers. Smallpox, influenza, and other viruses that did not present in their county previous to colonization infected indigenous populations.
2. Political Strife
➡ Colonizing powers established centralized administrations in numerous areas where none previously existed. However, rather than following the historical geographical boundaries of the people who lived there, the conquerors erected political frontiers that served their own needs. Many ethnic groups that had never previously collaborated were suddenly forced to do so. Simultaneously, other communities discovered their traditional region was divided by a political border between two colonial countries, severing relationships between extended family and kinsmen. As a result, colonialism resulted in the formation of huge, ethnically fractured countries prone to civil wars both during and after the colonial period.
3. Plantation Mentality
➡ Colonial powers acquired faraway lands in order to exploit their natural resources, and they exercised complete control over the extraction and export of cash crops and minerals, sometimes with little concern for the local population. Plantation economies emerged in agriculture-based colonies, such as the coffee plantations of India and modern-day Sri Lanka. The native workers hired to work on the plantations were subjected to severe control by the plantation owners, who often worked in appalling conditions. European investment and development of canals and irrigation systems had a positive impact on Southeast Asia during colonialism. Colonialism also resulted in the construction of roads and other infrastructure in African domains. However, such improvement came at the expense of colonizers' brutal treatment.
4. Traditions Lost
➡ Many European conquerors, such as Great Britain, had a paternalistic attitude toward native culture during the colonial era. They considered themselves as serving these people's best interests by bringing Christianity and civilisation to them. Traditional ideas and societal norms were lost as a result of this mindset, which had a severe impact on colonial populations. Some cultures converted to Christianity and abandoned their old beliefs in order to gain favor with the invaders. Converts were frequently given special military positions or favored roles in colonial administration. In Cambodia and Laos, for example, the French preferred to hire Vietnamese clerks and government officials. Colonializers typically evolved to favour particular ethnic groups in a colony over others over time, maintaining or even intensifying old ethnic tensions.
~ RobertOnBrainly
