Immediate+impacts+of+French+colonisation

=__**Immediate impacts of French colonisation**__ =

__**The treaty of Saigon and French colonisation timeline **__ //[|Website to the graph (above)]//
 * June 5, 1862 |||||||||||||| The Treaty of Saigon ceded three southern provinces (Bien Hoa, Gia Dinh, and Dinh Tuong in the Mekong Delta) to the French. ||  ||
 * 1867 |||||||||||||| France had conquered all of southern Vietnam, which became the French colony of Cochin China. ||  ||
 * 1883 |||||||||||||| French troops move to northern Vietnam to expand control of Indochina. The Chinese also lay claim to Vietnam, and oppose the French move prompting the Sino-French War over Indochina . ||  ||
 * 1884 |||||||||||||| Annam and Tonkin become French Protectorates. ||  ||
 * 1885 |||||||||||||| France wins the Sino-French War, and completes French control over Vietnam and other Indochina domains. ||  ||
 * 1887 |||||||||||||| Cambodia joins the French holdings in Vietnam to form French Indochina (the Indochina Union). ||  ||
 * 1893 |||||||||||||| Laos is added to French Indochina. ||

A French map of vietnam from 1859-1907

**Invasion of French**

 * ====French Second Empire = wants to have imperial empires like Britian and other European countries ====
 * ====1846 attack Vietnam ====
 * ====By 1880's had secured entire Indochina peninsula - began to exploit rich resources ====

**Immediate impacts of French colonization**

 * ====Minority of indigenous people viewed French colonization in a positive way. (employment opportunities) ====
 * ====Divded society with Emperor as figure head, they had no real power, he initiated laws and conducted ceremonies - as long as they didn't clash with French intentions ====
 * ====If conflicts of interest occurred, the Vietnamese authorities were censored. ====
 * ====Colonialist grip was enforced by the French army and ever growing police force ====
 * ====Children attended French schools and they embraced the foreign culture. ====
 * Frances colonialist priority: to exploit human and natrual resources for the glory of an expanded France
 * ====French investors were awarded government contracts to reform Vietnams simplistic agricultural system into money-intense plantations that earned enormous profit. ====
 * ====Villages required to meet specific quotas, a concept unknown to Vietnams rural community. ====
 * ====If these quotas were met the Government would buy the produce off the farmers at a price determined by the Government NOT the farmers (Farmers then unable to supplement their extremely low wages)- if production levels not met paid taxes in compensation ====
 * <span style="color: #121897; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Exploited traditional Vietnamese farmer, destroyed cultural values and stimulated poverty

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<span style="color: #121897; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">**Oppression and exploitation**

 * ====<span style="color: #121897; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">70 years of oppression and near-slavery for Vietnamese ====
 * ====<span style="color: #121897; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">All rights removed and any dissent was ruthlessly crushed ====

<span style="color: #121897; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> **Defiance**

 * ====<span style="color: #121897; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Revolts and uprisings began almost from the outset ====
 * ====<span style="color: #121897; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Ho Chi Minh recognised the potential of Communism to unify the people and provide a strategy to defeat the occupying forces ====

<span style="color: #121897; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> **Ho Chi Minh unites the resistance**
<span style="color: #121897; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">//more info on the Vietminh at:// [|Vietminh link]
 * ====<span style="color: #121897; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> 1920’s to 1941, Ho Chi Minh brought together the resistance groups to build a single organisation - the League for the Independence of Vietnam = Vietminh ====
 * ====<span style="color: #121897; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">The Vietminh became the fighting force that eventually defeated the French at Dien Bien Phu, and were the foundation of the Vietnamese Communist forces = ‘Viet Cong’ ====

//Other Helpful links// [|History of colonialism]

[|Viet Cong]