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State the Differences between the British and French systems of administration

      

State the Differences between the British and French systems of administration

  

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John
i) While the British mainly used indirect rule, the French adopted the policy of assimilation and later association.

ii) While the British allowed traditional rulers to wield much powers, the French reduced by undermining African Chieftaincy

iii) Under the British, colonies were administered separately by the Governor accountable to Britain but the French colonies were regarded as the overseas provinces of France, thus administered

iv) Most French administrators were military officers who lacked high standard of education and experience, therefore inefficient while the British employed a mixture of professionals and amateurs

v) The British were keen to appoint the existing traditional rulers as chiefs but the French undermined them by hand picking chiefs from those assimilated

vi) French colonies elected representatives into the chamber of deputes in France while in British system, no representatives were send to the House of Commons

vii) Laws applied in the French colonies were made/ legislated in France while in British colonies by Legco.

viii) Under the French, assimilies attained full and equal civil and political rights unlike in British colonies where elites remained subjects.

ix) Under the British, indirect rule attempted to preserve African cultures while under the French, assimilation undermined them
johnmulu answered the question on April 28, 2017 at 13:14

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