• It led to wide spread rebellions, for example Maji-Maji, Hehe rebellion and Abushiri among others.

• The local chiefs lost their powers to the Jumbes and Akidas.
• The Akidas and Jumbes were therefore promoted.
• New crops were introduced in Tanganyika, for example sisal, cotton and many others.
• Infrastructures were developed so as to use them to exploit resources of Tanganyika.
• The German culture, or generally Western cultures were spread throughout Tanganyika. African cultures were steadily eroded away.
• The German direct rule led to widespread of Christianity in Tanganyika except in the coastal areas, where the Arabs had deeply established Islam.
• They undermined the Muslim cultures, for example the German administrators would enter the mosques with dogs, moreover during the holy month of Ramadan.

• The Tanganyika states and chiefdoms lost their independence to the Germans. Tribal institutions were destroyed.
• There was loss of lives in wars intended to force the people of Tanganyika to abide by this system, hence depopulation.
• Africans lived in fear and panic as the Germans subjected them to heavy punishments.
• Forced labour was imposed on the people of Tanganyika, that is to say they were forced to work the in the German plantations and provide transport means in form of head portorage.
• Serious discontent spread throughout different parts of Tanganyika.
• Africans lost all their reliable and fertile lands to the Germans.
• Reserves or settlements were established for the Africans whose land had been grabbed.
• Poor Africans in Tanganyika were overtaxed hence making them poorer and poorer.
• Famine broke out in several parts of Tanganyika, as people did not settle down to cultivate due to wars with the Germans. Others were forced to participate in cash crop cultivation against their will and could not cultivate food crops.

• Public flogging became the order of the day.
• Immorality increased in Tanganyika, as the German officials raped women and girls, especially the Wanyindo.
• It, in the end, led to the rise and development of nationalism in Tanganyika, as Africans wanted to free themselves

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