Why was colonisation felt necessary ? Why was it opposed ?
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Colonialism was the policy of a nation seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of opening trade opportunities. The colonizing country seeks to benefit from the colonized country or land mass. The purpose of colonization was to serve as a source of inexpensive labor and natural resources.
Colonisation was opposed because it was seen as invasion, conquest, and occupation by a foreign power. Existing governing institutions were dismantled and replaced by absolute rule of the colonizers. A strict hierarchy separated the colonized and the colonizer; natives are treated as an inconvenient subhuman who can be abused at will. The colonists committed crimes with impunity against locals. Efforts at resistance were met with brutal reprisal, sometimes massacre. Colonisation promoted exploitation, which was always going to be opposed by the natives.
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