British Colonial Policies

question 68

Multiple Choice

British colonial policies

• A) were based on assimilation, or direct rule, in Nigeria.
• B) included the policy of assimilation in Singapore, India, and Nigeria.
• C) opposed the use of concentration camps to eliminate guerrilla resistance in the Boer War.
• D) helped to end the slave trade in Africa and thuggee and sati in India.
• E) gave the English language parity with French in the massive public school system established by the French in Vietnam.

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