ACSEE (Form 6) From Colonialism to the First World War — practice questions

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The colonial state in Kenya supported settler agriculture mainly by:Read the answer and worked solution →The period usually labelled 'From colonialism to the First World War' runs from the:Read the answer and worked solution →Who did the colonial state favour?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The colonial state in Kenya supported settler agriculture mainly by:

buying all settler produce at fixed prices
paying settlers to leave the highlands
granting land, labour, subsidies and transport
banning all export crops from the colony

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Correct answer: C. granting land, labour, subsidies and transport

1. Settler farming could not have paid its way without state backing. 2. The colonial state alienated land, reserving the fertile highlands for settlers. 3. It guaranteed a labour supply through taxation and restrictions that pushed Africans into wage work. 4. It added subsidies, financial facilities, transport and communication, security and social services. 5. Settlers also received political freedom denied to Africans. Answering with the general factors favouring peasant agriculture misses the question's focus on state action. _Source: NECTA ACSEE 2023 History 112/1, Question 4: From Colonialism to the First World War_

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The period usually labelled 'From colonialism to the First World War' runs from the:

1850s to 1900
1880s to 1914
1900s to 1930
1840s to 1878

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Correct answer: B. 1880s to 1914

1. The label marks the era of formal colonial occupation in Africa. 2. The scramble for Africa gathered pace in the 1880s, which opens the period. 3. It closes in 1914 with the outbreak of the First World War. 4. So the conventional span is the 1880s to 1914. _Source: NECTA ACSEE 2023 History 112/1, Question 4: From Colonialism to the First World War_

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Who did the colonial state favour?

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Settlers

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Land in the highlands
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Settlers
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Guaranteed labour supply
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Settlers
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Farming subsidies
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Settlers
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Political freedom
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Settlers
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Hut and poll taxes
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African peasants
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Forced wage labour
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African peasants

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African peasants

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