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This system, initially designed for efficiency, shifted towards authoritarianism as challenges arose. Mounting resistance, internal corruption, and economic pressures led to stricter controls, increased military presence, and marginalization of both the Kandari and the Colonial Council. Local militias were replaced by professional regiments controlled by the Governor-General, tightening the grip of the central administration. | This system, initially designed for efficiency, shifted towards authoritarianism as challenges arose. Mounting resistance, internal corruption, and economic pressures led to stricter controls, increased military presence, and marginalization of both the Kandari and the Colonial Council. Local militias were replaced by professional regiments controlled by the Governor-General, tightening the grip of the central administration. | ||
Cote d'Or's administration thus reflected a stark hierarchy, with wealth and influence concentrated in the hands of the colonial elite. While non-[[patroon]] settlers held a semblance of participation, the Kandari people remained disenfranchised, foreshadowing the tensions and conflicts that would mark the colony's future. | Cote d'Or's administration thus reflected a stark hierarchy, with wealth and influence concentrated in the hands of the colonial elite. While non-[[patroon]] settlers held a semblance of participation, the Kandari people remained disenfranchised, foreshadowing the tensions and conflicts that would mark the colony's future. | ||
The colonial administrators were master negotiators and strategists and were always looking for ways to expand their colonial boundaries. They used the [[Expulsion_of_the_Protestants#TerreRaubeuers|TerreRaubeuers]] to masterful effect and generally kept the colonists engaged in [[Expulsion_of_the_Protestants#Colonial_militarism|Colonial militarism]] and proselytization. They also knew and worked to keept he tribes divded and at war with eachother. They were also adept at using the {{wp|dOCTRINE OF lAPSE}}. | |||
====Colonial economy==== | ====Colonial economy==== | ||