Colonialism In India And Canada

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Colonialism transformed daily lives by changing aspects of many areas in our lives for a long time; sometimes it inflicted pain or happiness. However, there was always a motivation involved, such as economic, political and social. Some examples of countries that were colonized by the British are India and Canada. Let's move along to see how these changes in the economic, political and social impact these countries.

Economic was one of the motivations involved in colonizing Canada and India. For example, the British empire forced their colonies, India and Canada, to buy goods from England. The colonies had to trade their main resources for the supplies, there was no mutual agreement involved, whether you wanted them or not. Both India and

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