- Under foreign rule, local economies could not find a chance to grow. Imported goods wiped out local ones.
- Colonialism led to a cultural clash. The pressures to Westernize led the colonial people to reevaluate their traditions.
- Western countries introduced modern medicine that stressed the use of vaccines and more sanitary hygiene, helping to save lives and increase life expectancy.
- Throughout the 19th century, it, in a way, became necessary for European industrialized nations to expand their markets globally in order to sell products that they could not sell domestically in their countries.
- The need for cheap labor and a steady supply of raw materials necessitated that the industrial nations maintain firm control over these unexplored areas.
Which of the arguments above can be used by the one who has been planning to underline the drawbacks of colonialism?