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This explains the fact that during the devastating famines of and in which 12 to 30 million Indians starved to death, mortality rates were highest in areas serviced by British rail lines. Gilley argues current poverty and instability within the Democratic Republic of the Congo proves the Congolese were better off under Belgian rule.
The evidence says otherwise. Since independence in , life expectancy in the Congo has climbed steadily, from around 41 years on the eve of independence to 59 in This figure remains low compared to most other countries in the world.
Nonetheless, it is high compared to what it was under Belgian rule. Under colonial rule, the Congolese population declined by estimates ranging from three million to 13 million between and due to widespread disease, a coercive labour regime and endemic brutality.
Gilley argues the benefits of colonialism can be observed by comparing former colonies to countries with no significant colonial history. Yet his examples of the latter erroneously include Haiti a French colony from to , Libya a direct colony of the Ottoman Empire from and of Italy from , and Guatemala occupied by Spain from to By contrast, he neglects to mention Japan, a country that legitimately was never colonized and now boasts the third largest GDP on the planet , as well as Turkey, which up until recently was widely viewed as the most successful secular country in the Muslim world.
In short, the facts are in, but they do not paint the picture that Gilley and other imperial apologists would like to claim. Colonialism left deep scars on the Global South and for those genuinely interested in the welfare of non-Western countries, the first step is acknowledging this. Portsmouth Climate Festival — Portsmouth, Portsmouth. For information on user permissions, please read our Terms of Service.
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This first settlement failed mysteriously and in , the London Company established a presence in what would become Jamestown, Virginia. From there, the French founded Quebec in , then the Dutch started a colony in in present-day New York. While Native Americans resisted European efforts to amass land and power during this period, they struggled to do so while also fighting new diseases introduced by the Europeans and the slave trade. Learn more about the colonization of North America and the plight of Native Americans with these classroom resources.
While Native Americans and English settlers in the New England territories first attempted a mutual relationship based on trade and a shared dedication to spirituality, soon disease and other conflicts led to a deteriorated relationship and, eventually, the First Indian War.
People lived in the area called New England long before the first Europeans arrived. The lives of these Native Americans—part of the Algonquian language group—would be forever changed by the arrival of English colonists.
Native Americans resisted the efforts of the Europeans to gain more land and control during the colonial period, but they struggled to do so against a sea of problems, including new diseases, the slave trade, and an ever-growing European population. Join our community of educators and receive the latest information on National Geographic's resources for you and your students. Skip to content. Image Jamestown Colony Ferry The opportunity to make money was one of the primary motivators for the colonization of the New World.
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