Because France wanted to trade with inner china. Ghey wanted to take Vietnam, because they thought that they could get to China through there, but they realized that they couldn't after the colonization was already complete. This was due to very high waterfalls.
France also wanted rubber, which was made by burning the sap from rubber trees found in Vietnam. At first they traded with the Vietnamese, but then this was an extra incentive, besides the route to china, to colonize Vietnam.
France also used social darwinism. Charles Darwin wrote a book called "origins of species", which promoted a theory called "survival of the fittest." The Europeans then decided that the most "fit" nations should rule the other "unfit" ones, which is what France decided to do with Vietnam. this craze which swept across Europe is known as "social darwinism."
France also thought that they were doing Vietnam a favor.
The official reason was to propagate the Christian faith. In that vein, settlers were brought over to settle the land and missionaries to convert the native peoples.
But, soon after, the trading of furs became a good reason to establish forts at the various key river junctions and the like throughout the Great Lakes and midwest. These too were used by missionaries. Sometimes there were conflicts between the missionaries and the traders regrding the sale of alcohol.
In 1839, France established a protectorate over the area encompassing Gabon. In 1862, France took the next step to colonizing the area by its control and taking full control of the area. In 1910, Gabon officially became a part of French Equatorial Africa.
Most nations imperialize or colonize in order to gain the resources of the other nation. Usually, one nation will not colonize another if that nation will fight against it.
1804
He was looking for new lands to colonize.
To find new lands to colonize.
France didnt want to only Belgian wanted to colonize congo
Germany didn't try to colonize France, Germany succeeded in colonizing France in 1940 after the French government surrendered to Germany.
1287
1909
Spain, France and Portugal
France
FranceCountry which colonize Algeria is France.
France colonized Mali.
they wanted beaver pellets, which were very profitable. They also wanted more land and to compete with Britain in the race to colonize the New World
The primary desire from France, which colonized Laos, was to try to colonize Siam, which fizzled out. However, they maintained control from a position of pride in the French colonial endeavor.
To get new or more land for their country. In other words to expand their territory.
French exploration commenced in about 1859; total colonization was finished by about 1885.