French colonial empire

of France and Algerian independence movements. Background In 1830 the French invaded and captured Algiers, the invasion resulting in considerable bloodshed. Between 1830 and 1872 the indigenous Algerian population declined by a third due to a combination of violence and disease epidemics. French policy was predicated on "civilizing" the country and Algeria's social fabric suffered during the occupation. Since 1848 the French have administered Algeria as an integral part and département of the nation

economically. In Southeast Asia there were 5 colonial powers; the United Kingdom, France, Dutch, America, and Japan, their primary motives for establishing colonies in the region was to get control of trade routes, to get access to the natural resources and raw materials, and the cheap labor, as well as to establish naval and military bases so that they could amass influence in the region. Prior to World War II, a third of the world 's area was colonized by European colonial powers between the 15th and 19th

The colonial efforts of an imperialist power leave a wake of suffering and death, usually for the mere purpose of propagating political, economic or military advantages. The culture and status of the colonized is forever altered by the often cruel and violent actions taken by the colonizers during their initial struggle for influence, along with the long-term impacts that slavery, subjugation, cultural appropriation and linguistic imperialism have over a colonized region. Hegemonic rule and full-scale

bring the “blessings of colonization. The main objective for the French invading Algeria was for economic gain and become known as one the most superior and dominant nations of Europe. France changed the lives of many Africans which led to Algerians applying for citizenship in their own country. The Algerians endured many hardships after the French came into the picture. Things did not change for the better, but for the worst. The French “imposed more and higher taxes on Muslims than Europeans” (library

to make France bigger, more powerful, and of course, richer. Ferry’s ideas were not very popular at the time but now he is often known as the founder of the French Empire. (Fournier, 2017) According to Ferry, what recent developments in world trade have made it urgent for France to have colonies? Ferry argued in his 1884 speech: On French Expansion, that the need for new outlets was number one. That it was a pressing issue that needed to be taken care of immediately. Industrialization had increased

Wendake communities and in New France was completely different, as the Wendat people based their legal system on reparations and preserving the community while New France’s legal system was based on religion and terror. According to records kept by French Catholic missionaries, the Wendat legal system emphasized compensation for crimes and prioritized social cohesion as opposed to individual punishment. For example, when someone was murdered, the family of the perpetrator arranged reparations with

TOppressed and Exploited: French Colonialism Unleashed The pursuit of French colonialism intended to provide opportunity for Capitalist accumulation for its investors as well as attain raw material. During the nineteenth century, the French found added pretext to validate military action and gained control of five territories to form a sole Indochinese Union (French Indochina). “For the French, as for most capitalist nations in the West, colonies served as a source for cheap raw materials and a consumer

colonially-backed usurpers of power and had little or no legitimacy beyond the fact of them being installed by the colonial state. Without any pedigree and claim to traditional legitimacy, they held to power and used it for their own parochial ends. THE WORKINGS OF THE WARRANT CHIEF SYSTEM. The Warrant Chiefs main source of power was the control of Native Courts and of labour, for example, for colonial road and waterways constructions.4 These artificially created chiefs were given the authority to arrest and

the French, Vietnam was ruled by the Chinese for more than eight centuries. However, after several years of resistance the Vietnamese overthrew the Chinese kingdom in their country and thus became independent. In spite of gaining freedom, the Vietnamese rulers continued to uphold the Chinese system of governance, policy making and also its culture. In fact, most of the Vietnamese were largely influenced by the Chinese culture and religion, mainly Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. The French troops