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Highlight the negative effects of the Portuguese rule over the 200 years during which they administrated over the East African coast

      

The rule of the Portuguese had positive as well as negative effects on the people of east African coast where their rule was established. Highlight the negative effects of the Portuguese rule over the 200 years during which they administrated over the east African coast

  

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Dana
a) They subjected the people to high taxation
b) They led to the decline of the Indian ocean trade
c) They were constant resistance by the Africans to the ruthless Portuguese rule
d) They led to the decline of some coastal towns
e) They looked down upon the people and their Islamic religion
f) They burnt the cities that opposed them leading the people into periods of hunger and starvation
g) The corrupt ruthless Portuguese officials misruled the cities leading to misery, suffering and destruction of once thriving coastal civilization

Dana05 answered the question on May 2, 2019 at 13:08


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