False. They would have rid themselves from the French sooner or later. They had the will, and the French were foreign invaders. The age of colonialism was over

False. They would have rid themselves from the French sooner or later. They had the will, and the French were foreign invaders. The age of colonialism was over by then; it was a mistake of the French that it took them so long to notice. They ended up getting rid of the mightiest army in the world, after all.