Colonial Administration After the Amalgamation
History · 50 practice questions
Central administration - Legislative and Executive Councils; Indirect Rule (reasons, working and effects); local administrative institutions - Native Authorities, Native Courts and Native Treasuries; resistance to colonial rule - the Ekumeku Movement in Asaba hinterland (1898-1911), the Satiru uprising (1906), the Egba anti-tax agitation (1918) and the Aba Women's Movement (1929).
- Relate the composition of the central administrative set-up to its consequences.
- Identify the reasons for the introduction and working of the indirect rule system.
- Assess the effects of indirect rule.
- Examine the local administrative units.
- Account for the anti-colonial movements and their significance.
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- Practice question 1
Indirect Rule's effects on traditional authority in Nigeria are generally assessed as having
- A.Preserved but also sometimes distorted traditional authority structures
- B.Strengthened traditional authority without any negative consequence
- C.Immediately abolished all traditional institutions
- D.Left traditional institutions entirely unaffected
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A. Preserved but also sometimes distorted traditional authority structures
These effects are generally assessed as having preserved but also sometimes distorted traditional authority structures.
- Practice question 2
Following the widespread unrest of the Aba Women's Movement, the colonial administration generally responded with
- A.Some administrative reforms and adjustments to local governance
- B.Immediate withdrawal from Nigeria entirely
- C.A doubling of the disputed taxation
- D.Complete indifference and no policy change
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A. Some administrative reforms and adjustments to local governance
This administration generally responded with some administrative reforms and adjustments to local governance.
- Practice question 3
The overall study of colonial administrative reorganization into regions remains essential for understanding the deep historical roots of Nigeria's later debates over
- A.A topic with no connection to Nigeria's political history
- B.Events confined entirely to the pre-colonial era
- C.Only the Sokoto Caliphate's internal governance
- D.Federalism, regionalism and the balance of power among Nigeria's constituent parts
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D. Federalism, regionalism and the balance of power among Nigeria's constituent parts
This study remains essential for understanding the deep historical roots of Nigeria's later federalism debates.
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