WAEC - Government (2021 - No. 23)
What motivated the adoption of the Indirect Rule system by the British in her West African colonies?
Effective and efficient tax system was in place
Chiefs did not have the power to make laws
Educated elites were in bed with the British government
The land was fertile for cash crop farming
Giải thích
Indirect Rule allowed the British to leverage existing local administrative structures and leaders to collect taxes and implement colonial policies more efficiently. By using local chiefs and traditional rulers, the British could manage and extract resources without having to establish an entirely new administrative system.