Read the quote. Then answer the question.“I repeat that superior races have a right [to establish colonies], because they have a duty. They have the duty to civilize inferior races.”– Jules Ferry, French premier, 1883Ferry’s statement supports the practice of

Ferry argues that supposedly “superior” nations have a right and duty to establish colonies and rule other peoples. This reasoning was used to justify imperialism, the expansion of a country’s power over other lands and populations. Manifest destiny specifically referred to U.S. expansion across North America, so it does not best fit this French colonial statement.

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