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Maxime

The French were under the impression that they by entering colonies in West Africa, that they were there to the advantage of the people living there.  In the eyes of the French, their industrial ideas as well as their language was going to help civilize people living there, and that the people would thank them later for the decisions that the French government made.  In France, turning people into Frenchman was about people living in the same country and speaking one common language and learning about a French way of life.

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