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Why did the colonial government want to expand cultivation?

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Correct answer: Because cultivation could increase land revenue

The direct answer is A: because cultivation could increase land revenue. Colonial governments sought revenue to run their administration and support their economic interests. Cultivated land could be assessed, and farmers could be charged land revenue or taxes. The reasoning is: bring more land under cultivation, produce taxable agricultural output, assess the land or crop, and collect more revenue. Option A is correct because it states the main financial motive tested here. Option B is not the stated reason: ending pastoralism and seeking sea trade does not explain why cultivation itself produced revenue. Option C is factually absurd because forests did contain trees; it gives no economic explanation. Option D is an unsupported personal claim and does not explain a government land policy. Expanding cultivation could also supply commercial crops and raw materials, but the direct answer in this question is increased land revenue. Memory cue: colonial cultivation expansion was closely linked to tax and revenue.

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