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Reason for French rule in Vietnam (Desire to increase French prestige in…
Reason for French rule in Vietnam
Ambitions of Dupre
Wanted to est. France not just as European power, but also global one
To them, rest of Vietnam now under French sphere of influence easy target for aggression
Desire to increase French prestige in Europe
British expanding their empire in southeast asia
Concerned British wld try to gain access to China thru Burma
Prevent Germans from gaining power in Southeast Asia
Need for new trading bases
est a trading base that cld rival British by redirecting China trade to Saigon
Need for raw materials
supply its growing industry
Vietnam had valuable resources such as iron, tin , zinc ,phosphate as well as coal(Expand french navy to fuel its ships)
Need for new markets
France needed new markets to sell their products
Desire to cspread Catholic faith
expand french influence to other parts of vietnam
Internal instability and chaos
Chinese refugees organised themselves known as Black Flags
Operated as Bandits along red river to harass trading vessels for taxes