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JAMB Government 1979 Question 28

Question 28

Colonial Administration

The French pattern of colonial administration in West Africa

  1. A.was basically the same as the British
  2. B.had, as its primary objective, the development of the colonial territories
  3. C.was based on the principle of assimilation
  4. D.included the policy of Indirect Rule
  5. E.involved the settlement of a very large number of French people in West Africa
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Answer: C (was based on the principle of assimilation)

Explanation

French colonial policy rested on assimilation: turning Africans into Frenchmen in culture and law, ruled directly from Paris.