Discuss the economic and social effects of the British colonial system in Burma up to 1919.

Candidates are required to offer a considered and balanced review of the economic, social and cultural effects of the British colonial system in Burma up to 1919. Economic effects may include the transition from agrarian self-sufficiency to reliance on foreign trade, the introduction of railways and steamboats and the consequences for Burmese dispossessed farmers of the arrival of Indian labourers in Burma. For social effects, candidates may discuss new hierarchies that arose with the creation of an Anglo-Burmese group due to intermarriage between the British and the Burmese. Social disintegration also took place with the separation of the sangha and the state. With the end of monarchy there was no more royal patronage for Buddhist monks. Missionaries brought Christianity to Burma and started schools. Candidates may consider the groups that benefited or suffered from these effects.