Question

why french thought that colonies were necessary?

Answer 1

1. they thought that it was the duty of advance european.countries to bring the benefits of civilisation to afro asian countries

2.they want to exploit their natural resource.

Answer 2

because this helps in slave trades and slaves from Africa work here in French colonies without getting proper food in a miserable conditions thats why colonies were developed as labour were cheap they also exost their natural resources and used their people for making industrial goods and caught all their wealth