French Colonial Empire
set of territories that were under French rule primarily from the 17th century to the late 1960s
The French Colonial Empire comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. A distinction is generally made between the "First French Colonial Empire," that existed until 1814, by which time most of it had been lost or sold, and the "Second French Colonial Empire", which began with the conquest of Algiers in 1830. At its apex, the Second French colonial empire was one of the largest empires in history. Including metropolitan France, the total amount of land under French sovereignty reached 11,500,000 km2 (4,400,000 sq mi) in 1920, with a population of 110 million people in 1936.
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QuotesEdit
- It is very curious to see how in China and Morocco the vanquished pay for the costs of the expedition that crushed them.
- Leopold II, Het hele Verhaal, Johan Op De Beeck Horizon, 2020 ISBN 9789463962094 Prince Leopold II in a travel note after reading in the Spanish Archive "Archivo General de Indias" in Sevilla in 1862.
- Gentlemen, we must speak louder and truer! We must say openly that indeed the higher races have a right over the lower races.... I repeat, that the superior races have a right because they have a duty. They have the duty to civilize the inferior races.
- Jules Ferry, former prime minister of France, addressing Parliament in 1884.
French AlgeriaEdit
- Algerian calls for independence from French rule date back to World War I.
- The Case for Colonialism: A Response to My Critics, Page 28 Bates, 2008, pp. 6-7.
- For my ancestors, the arrival of the French was an enormous progress. The door to culture, freedom and emancipation opened, they were no longer second-class citizens.
- Will Eric Zemmour become France's Trump? Zemmour about the French Colonization of Algeria.
Second French intervention in MexicoEdit
- If the same successes had been obtained by the Mexican imperialist army without the help of our soldiers, the future of the new government could be considered as better assured, but as long as it will be to Marshal Bazaine and our brave army that will come back to us. The main honor of these victories, they will indicate rather the need that Mexico has of us than that which it feels to retain its current sovereign.
- The Mexican adventure of Maximilian and Charlotte through Belgian eyes. The Mexican Empire in the Newspaper Press (1864-1867). (Wim Bouw), Tacámbaro The French forces drove Juarez further and further north. In September 1865, the newspapers reported that he and his troops had been driven to El Paso del Norte in the far north of the country. The advance of the Empire was based purely on the presence of the French troops. L’ Indépendance Belge, 4 juli 1865.
French concession in TianjinEdit
- For three or four Chinese coppers, I could ride in a rickshaw from my home, in England, to Italy, Germany, Japan, or Belgium. I walked to France for violin lessons; I had to cross the river to get to Russia, and often did, because the Russians had a beautiful wooded park with a lake in it.
- The beginning of the first two concessions, the British and the French, were “foul and noxious swamps, around them, on the dryer grounds, were the numerous graves of many generations of people”
See alsoEdit
External linksEdit
- French Colonial Historical Society
- H-FRANCE, daily discussions and book reviews
- French Colonial Historical Society
- French Colonial History an annual volume of refereed, scholarly articles