Which quote from this section assesses a long term impact of British rule. (1 point)
• "Railroads connected economic centers across India."
..Poor farmers were oppressed by these high taxes. Meanwhile, political administrators received huge payoffs from them."
"Since the majority of India's labor force was devoted to growing cash crops as raw materials for British industry, Indian industry remained underdeveloped through the end of British rule."
"Markets were restructured to suit industrial British interests, leading to high levels of unemployment in the handicrafts industry."
The quote that assesses a long-term impact of British rule is:
"Since the majority of India's labor force was devoted to growing cash crops as raw materials for British industry, Indian industry remained underdeveloped through the end of British rule."
This statement evaluates the structural change and long-term consequence of the British colonial economic policies, which oriented the Indian economy towards serving British industrial needs at the expense of the development of local industries.