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How did the lives of native people in different countries affect the colonisation? Write two ideas each in the context of – crops cultivated/religion/use of natural resources – for the three continents.

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  • Most of the countries were self-sufficient before colonization.
  • These colonies were impoverished during colonial powers.

Crops cultivated : 

  • They were cultivating food crops and the colonies in all three continents were forced to cultivate commercial crops. 
  • There were shortage of food items and famines and droughts were frequent.

Religion : 

  • In Asia people were Hindus, Muslims and Buddhists. In Indonesia Muslims were massacred and forced to convert into Roman Catholism. 
  • In other continents also the Catholic Church played important role in the governance of the colonies.

Use of natural resources : 

  • All the natural resources like gold, diamonds, silver, iron, coal, tin, rubber, silk, copper were plundered and taken into their countries. 
  • Colonial powers developed industries in their countries with these resources.


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