Question

annual revenues and expenditures of the african french colony of togo, 1938 (in french francs)
revenues
direct taxes on the people: 7,933,000
taxes on domestic production and imports: 22,870,000
revenues from postal service and telegraph: 1,130,000
funds from the french colonial budget: 8,744,000
other income: 3,380,000
total (revenues):
expenditures
colonial official salaries and other expenses: 17,600,000
public works, communication and infrastructures: 4,885,000
managing sickness-related personnel and other medical costs: 2,760,000
total (expenditures): 44,057,000

the revenues section of the table can best be used to illustrate which of the following continuities between pre - 1900 and post - 1900 european imperialism?
a competition between european colonial powers encouraged imperial expansion.
b some african peoples successfully resisted colonial economic exploitation.
c colonial powers directly subsidized most of the expenditures needed to maintain their colonies.
d colonial powers sought to extract wealth and economic resources from the colonized peoples

Explanation:

Answer:

D. Colonial powers sought to extract wealth and economic resources from the colonized peoples