▁eventually ▁to ▁revol ts ▁by ▁the ▁native ▁population . ▁The ▁result ▁was ▁several ▁military ▁and ▁gen oc idal ▁campaign s ▁by ▁the ▁Germ ans ▁against ▁the ▁n atives . ▁Political ▁and ▁economic ▁sub j ug ation ▁of ▁Her ero ▁and ▁N ama ▁was ▁en vision ed . ▁Both ▁the ▁colonial ▁authorities ▁and ▁sett lers ▁were ▁of ▁the ▁opinion ▁that ▁native ▁Afr icans ▁were ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁lower ▁class , ▁their ▁land ▁seized ▁and ▁handed ▁over ▁to ▁sett lers ▁and ▁companies , ▁while ▁the ▁remaining ▁population ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁put ▁in ▁res erv ations ; ▁the ▁Germ ans ▁planned ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁col ony ▁inhab ited ▁pre domin ately ▁by ▁whites : ▁a ▁" new ▁African ▁Germany ". ▁ ▁The ▁established ▁mer ch ants ▁and ▁plant ation ▁operators ▁in ▁the ▁African ▁colon ies ▁frequently ▁managed ▁to ▁s way ▁government ▁policies . ▁Capital ▁invest ments ▁by ▁banks ▁were ▁secured ▁with ▁public ▁funds ▁of ▁the ▁imperial ▁tre as ury ▁to ▁minim ize ▁risk . ▁D ern burg , ▁as ▁a ▁former ▁bank er , ▁facil itated ▁such ▁thinking ; ▁he ▁saw ▁his ▁commission ▁to ▁also ▁turn ▁the ▁colon ies ▁into ▁pay ing ▁propos itions . ▁Every ▁African ▁prote ctor ate ▁built ▁rail ▁lines ▁to ▁the ▁interior , ▁every ▁col ony ▁in ▁Africa ▁and ▁the ▁Pacific ▁established ▁the ▁beg inn ings ▁of ▁a ▁public ▁school ▁system , ▁and ▁every ▁col ony ▁built ▁and ▁staff ed ▁hosp it als . ▁Wh atever ▁the ▁Germ ans ▁constructed ▁in ▁their ▁colon ies ▁was ▁made ▁to ▁last . ▁ ▁Dar ▁es