Was There Anything Good About the British Empire?
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Chi Wa Wu
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Influences of British colonialism still persists even in the 21st century, and many debates on whether such influences of the British Empire were fundamentally beneficial or not exist. To contribute to this debate, we’ll measure the effects of British colonialism on political boundaries, education, and socio-economic relationships in British Africa and India to determine if there was anything good about the British Empire.
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