The definition of colonialism describes it as "control over dependent people".
Merits of Colonialism
Health System Improvement
Before the coming of masters to poor countries like Africa, India, Uganda, etc., the locals experienced lots of deaths, colonialism provided them with access to modern healthcare, medications, vaccines, and knowledge that saved numerous lives.
Infrastructure Development
Colonialists focused their resources on modernization. They built roads and rails and provided electricity
Education and literacy
White missionaries from European nations taught people of captured regions to speak and write in English.
Demerits of colonialism
countries that were colonized couldn't get any access to their resources, and they were dependent on new masters for basic needs.