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Once Britain had settled in South African, many changes began to take place in the culture, the people, and infrastructure. When the British were coming in, they brought along their culture and their traditions. They brought in Christianity and missionaries. Because of the missionaries, the natives started to convert to Christianity, loosing their old religion along the way. Land was taken away from the natives, and they were forced to pay taxes. The land that was taken away from the natives were then given to the British so that they could farm for themselves. Lastly, the imperialism of South Africa destroyed the African ruling system. The South African countries could not maintain their infrastructure, and the Europeans built a new infrastructure. They were not strong enough to participate in the global economy once they regained independence from Europe. The imperialism destroyed the traditional culture of South Africa, bought many changes to the native people, and changed the whole infrastructure that the natives built their lives around.