The+process+of+French+colonisation

=** The process of French colonisation **=

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//D// //uring this time the reign of Tu Duc was in power.//
 * 1842 ** - The opium wars give Europe control over china due to unequal treaties
 * 2nd September 1858 ** - Napoleon ||| launches a naval expedition to vietnam
 * 17th February 1859 ** - French military capture Saigon
 * 1861 ** - Vietnamese military begins resistance against french army in the same year the french gain control of Gia Dinh
 * February 1861 ** - The French finally defeat the vietnamese army and gain total control over Gia Dinh and the surrounding provinces.

1842 - __//Opium Wars//__ In 1842 the treaty of Nanking was signed, effectively ending the Opium war. The treaty, that is, the chinese defeat, has had far reaching effects on the shape of China and its relations even in our contemporary times.

2nd of September 1858- Authorized by Napoleon III to launch a naval expedition to punish the Vietnamese and force them to accept a French protectorate, French and Spanish forces seized Da Nang (in their second attack) after several missionaries had been killed.

17th February 1859 - //**__Capture of Saigon__**// On 11 February the five-day voyage upriver began, under the captaincy of Cap Saint-Jacques. The gunboat //Dragonne//scouted ahead, followed by the two other gunboats, the two corvettes and the Spanish despatch vessel. 2,000 men were distributed among the vessels which towed the launches of the naval force. Later the same day capitaine de frégate Bernard Jaureguiberry, the future French admiral and navy minister, scouted the Citadel of Saigon, On the morning of 17 February the French and Spanish went ashore and assaulted the citadel. A force of around 1,000 Vietnamese soldiers attempted to counterattack. Admiral Charner, who was personally directing the action, threw back their attack with Colonel Lanzarote’s Filipino troops. At 10 a.m. the French and Spanish flags flew above the citadel.

1861 - Thus in early, 1861, a French fleet of 70 ships and 3.500 men and, in a series of bloody battles, gained control of the surrounding provinces

February 1861 - February 1861 is a day in which Vietnam gained their independence from the French after years of suppression and struggle. After years of fighting and hurting throughout the country, the recognition celebrated throughout the country gives a sense of Nationalism and is especially for the troops that fought and the battles that they overcame as a country. 



GOOD LINKS!
Reasons behind French colonial expansion to Vietnam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Indochina http://www.ichiban1.org/html/history/bc_1964_prewar/pre_colonialism_1427_1893.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Saigon#Capture_of_Saigon.2C_17_February_1859 http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-14628.html