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Conclusion

The British imperialism have had many positive and negative impacts on many different aspects on the Malaysian citizens, inluding: political, social and ecnomical factors; the imperialism might have had many downing effects like the depliation of natural reources and a distrubtion of social and political factors but also had its uplifitng effects on the country in the long run; for example, new cities and industries were built, lastly it have helped much with strengthening the country on the overall.

Economical aspects

Before the British came, the crops grown in Malaya were only for self-sustenance.

After the British came, they had introduced new plants.

The British had introduced more new plantations.

New tin mining methods.

At the end, Malaya became the largest tin producer and the British had brought in many Chinese and Indian to Malaya to expand the sector tin mining and rubber plantations at that time.

With the help of H.N. Ridley, a propagandist, he had perfected the 'Herring Bone' tapping method and the rubber plantations had grown to a bigger scale and more sustainable

During the 1930's the Malaya's rubber plantation had supplied 90% of the rubbers throughout the world at that time.

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Social aspects

Malaysia was once a colonized land called Malaya.

Malaysia was one of the Commonwealth countries.

Malaysia was under British powers for approximately 446 years (from 1511 until 1957)

-Was conquered by the Portuguese (1151-1641), the Dutch (1641- 1824), the British ( 1824 - 1957) and the Japanese (1942- 1945)

The British came to Malaya for many different reasons

The British brought in workers from China and India to work for them.

In 1870, rubber trees were introduced to Malaya to be planted and exported later on.

The British brought in workers from India to work in the rubber estates.

Chinese workers, mostly worked in mines mining tin.

Malays were mostly involved in small-scale agriculture, personal and government service, fishing and handicrafts.

Four types of schools when Malaya was still under British colonization.

- The British imperialized Malaysia because of their natural recourses, including tin, timber, rubber and gold.

- The recourses in Malaysia were desirable after the industrial revolution

- The labor was cheap

- The agriculture, Malaysia grew pepper, rice, sugar, coffee and Gambier

- Malaysia’s geographical location, the Malayan Peninsular made a effective base for trading, many ships traveling the India-China sea routes would pass through.

- The British colonized Malaysia to compete against the Dutch who were looking for lands to imperialize in Southeast Asia

Political aspects

Malayans retained their equal citizenship.

Freedom and basic human rights were not encouraged in Malaya before the imperialism.

The dominance of communal parties such as UMNO established under British sponsorship in 1949, and the Malayan Indian Congress (MIC) created in 1946.

Malay and Chinese leaders accepted, a multi-racial basis for Malaysia's independence.

The rise of communism, and an authoritarian regime to combat communist subversion and influence, ethnic urbanization and polarization.

The British Impact of Imperialism in Malaysia

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