King Leopold’s colonial ventures in the Congo were aimed at
- making Belgium a great colonial power
-
carving out an empire for himself
- putting a stop to domestic slave trade in the area
- introducing Western education to the people.
The correct answer is: B
Explanation
Leopold did not want to be left out ofnew territorial acquisitions in Africa following the encouragement of the French to do so by Bismarck of
Germany following the former’s loss of the rich territories of Alsace and Lorraine to the former .