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Source five states that Leopold put hospitals into effect at every important point in the region. He produced churches, schools, and laboratories, and organized government buildings. He cleared non-providing forests with land to produce rubber, cocoa, coffee, and other food-providing trees, vines, and crops.
The locals would have noticed Leopold 's reforms in ways suggested in the picture documents. Railways, hospitals, and new currency were just some of Leopold’s reforms in order to modernize the Congo.
Much needed reforms came with a price. More often than not Leopold’s benefits provided negative benefits. The heavily biased source one suggests that Leopold and his administration were solely conquerors who only enter the Congo in hopes of stealing resources. “The Free State system was little more than one of plunder, and no …show more content…
King Leopold 's entrance in the region produced negative effects that stretched the population to their wits-end. The taxes and reforms made it impossible for the population to survive, they were forced to work in straining conditions with little pay in order to provide for their families. An anaconda is a semiaquatic snake known for being a strong face that strangles its prey. This is a metaphor comparing the snake to King Leopold 's rule.
Source one explains the taxation of food, ivory, rubber, and other commodities. Source two examines the “incidents of flogging,” execution, burning, and amputation of hands for not working hard enough. Source three gives an account of the unruly work hours and the fact that Africans had to work 20 days a month simply to pay a rubber tax. Belgian rulers could have also used methods explained in source six, seven, and eight. The rulers could explain to the Africans that if they worked their needed amount that situations such as the Force Publique and/or the cannibals would not take
Source five states that Leopold put hospitals into effect at every important point in the region. He produced churches, schools, and laboratories, and organized government buildings. He cleared non-providing forests with land to produce rubber, cocoa, coffee, and other food-providing trees, vines, and crops.
The locals would have noticed Leopold 's reforms in ways suggested in the picture documents. Railways, hospitals, and new currency were just some of Leopold’s reforms in order to modernize the Congo.
Much needed reforms came with a price. More often than not Leopold’s benefits provided negative benefits. The heavily biased source one suggests that Leopold and his administration were solely conquerors who only enter the Congo in hopes of stealing resources. “The Free State system was little more than one of plunder, and no …show more content…
King Leopold 's entrance in the region produced negative effects that stretched the population to their wits-end. The taxes and reforms made it impossible for the population to survive, they were forced to work in straining conditions with little pay in order to provide for their families. An anaconda is a semiaquatic snake known for being a strong face that strangles its prey. This is a metaphor comparing the snake to King Leopold 's rule.
Source one explains the taxation of food, ivory, rubber, and other commodities. Source two examines the “incidents of flogging,” execution, burning, and amputation of hands for not working hard enough. Source three gives an account of the unruly work hours and the fact that Africans had to work 20 days a month simply to pay a rubber tax. Belgian rulers could have also used methods explained in source six, seven, and eight. The rulers could explain to the Africans that if they worked their needed amount that situations such as the Force Publique and/or the cannibals would not take