1 point Which of the following most directly enabled the implementation of the
British policy outlined in the passage? *
it is not too much to hope that, with the building of a branch railway to this region, European piece goods might be
imported so as to undersell the native cloth. And the effect would be that not only would a larger supply of the raw
material be obtained for the cotton that is now spun into yarn in Berat would be exported—but also the large local
population now employed in spinning and weaving would be made available for agricultural labor, and thus the
jungle land might be broken up and the cultivation extended
Harry Rivett-Carnac, British cotto commissioner for Berar province, India, annual report. 1869
a. The creation of joint-stock trading companies, such as the British East India
Company
b. The strengthening of British colonial control over the interior of India
c. The large-scale migration of British settlers to India
d. The growing British practice of indirect economic imperialism