What role did the creation of “new markets” play in the European colonization of the African continent?

In the context of European industrialization, “new markets” meant places where European businesses could sell their manufactured goods. Colonizing Africa gave Europeans new customers for finished products and industrial goods, making choice D the best answer. Mineral resources, civilizing beliefs, and strategic locations were other motives for colonization, but they do not describe the search for new markets.

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