Some benefits that colonial rule brought to Southeast Asia were that initiated a modern economic system, there were roads, highways, and railroads built, and the development of an export market created a entrepreneurial class of people in rural areas. Even though most of the profits went back to the colonial mother country, some growers of rubber, palm oil, coffee, tea, and spices made profits. I think the disadvantages outweighed the advantages because they still didn't have a lot of freedom and couldn't freely trade how they wanted to.
