Colonial Ruling

Colonial ruling changed a lot the way people work because of all of the power that they had. They had the power to tax, seize land for European enterprises, compel labor, and build railroads, airports, and roads. Colonial states demanded required and unpaid working on public projects, like building railroads and looking for rubber vines to make tires for bikes and cars. Along with colonial rule also came the high demand for exported goods, which diminished subsistence farming, meaning that presents were required to cultivate 20 percent of their land in cash crops. This later resulted in a lot of people going into debt and forming the massive rebellion in 1905. One of the few good things that came out of colonial ruling was the booming population that helped out local, small farmers because they were able to own land , build substantial houses, and buy imported goods, but I still believe that colonial ruling did more good then bad.