What was the 'civilizing mission' (mission civilisatrice) primarily intended to achieve in French colonies?
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Correct answer: The spread of the French language and Catholicism
This ideology framed colonial expansion as a crusade for progress. It justified the suppression of local customs by presenting French Republican values as the pinnacle of human achievement.
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