Why did large European powers claim land in Africa and Asia as their own colonies?

Because they are white people and took the black people in Africa's land

Colonialism allowed the collection of resources without need for foreign trade, provided a captive market for things manufactured within the mother country, and also added political capital to the European power in question amid conflicts with other European states.

Explanation:

swe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. — that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. "

- declaration of independence

  according to this passage from the declaration of independence, who gives government the power to exist?

a) the king

b) the people

c) their creator

d) their governmenthook

the answer i chose to believe is 'harmony'