The policy of colonial expansion is a political and economic system . . . that can be connected to three sets of ideas: economic ideas; the most far-reaching ideas of civilization; and ideas of a political and patriotic sort.
–Speech before the French Chamber of Deputies,
March 28, 1884,
French Prime Minister Jules Ferry
How did Jules Ferry justify the colonization of Africa?
He believed it would benefit the economic and political systems of France and Africans.
He believed that Africans would be patriotic and loyal to France.
He believed that France was unable to establish an effective government in Africa.
He believed there would be no African resistance to colonization.
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Jules Ferry justified the colonization of Africa by stating that it was connected to economic ideas, ideas of civilization, and political and patriotic ideas, suggesting that it would benefit the economic and political systems of France and that there were notions of civilization involved. Therefore, the best answer is:
He believed it would benefit the economic and political systems of France and Africans.
