Historians Would Agree with Each of the Following Statements EXCEPT

Historians would agree with each of the following statements EXCEPT

A) most colonies proved to be profitable investments for the mother country.
B) hesitant governments were sometimes encouraged in the new imperialism by industrial leaders.
C) areas Europeans sought to dominate in the new imperialism were often less profitable than they had imagined.
D) less emigration from Europe to the colonies occurred than proponents of colonial development had hoped.
E) colonies brought the mother country intangible benefits that far outweighed the costs of administration.