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What was a "civilizing mission"?

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The civilizing mission is a political rationale for military intervention and for colonization purporting to facilitate the modernization and the Westernization of indigenous peoples, especially in the period from the 15th to the 20th centuries

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Bringing Christianity, teachers, and medical help to colonial people - AP3X

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Helping people by bringing religion, education, and ways to improve health "civilizing" those it was bestowed upon.

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