Transcript Imperialism in French Indochina

Imperialism in French
Indochina
I. French Expansion
France gains control of Cochin
China, Vietnam, Cambodia, and the
Mekong River
B. The French envision an Empire in
Southeast Asia that will rival the
British Empire
A.
French Indochina
II. Early Nationalist Response
A. Tradition of nationalist resistance in
Vietnam
B. Peasant’s lives were seriously
disrupted by French taxes, political
control, and education
C. Resistance from 1862 – 1900 was
decentralized and largely ineffective
III. Resistance Movements
A. The Vietnamese Nationalist Party
was founded in Hanoi in 1927
B. Ho Chi Minh becomes the leader of
the communists (born in 1890)
C. 1930 Yen Bay Revolt: organized by
the Nationalist Party and
Communists, stopped by the French
IV. World War II
A. Japanese occupy Indochina
B. 1941 – Formation of the Viet Minh –
led by Ho Chi Minh
C. Viet Minh engage in small scale
guerilla operations against the
French and Japanese
D. 1945 – Viet Minh seize Hanoi and
Ho Chi Minh proclaims the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
V. First Indochina War (1946-1954)
A. French are determined to keep
Vietnam (economic interests and fear
of the loss of empire)
B. Viet Minh wage a guerilla war
C. French surrender May 7, 1954
D. Geneva Agreement July 7, 1954:
Temporarily divides Vietnam at the
17th Latitude line (Communist North,
Democratic South)
VI. Second Indochina War
(Vietnam War 1960 - 1975)
A. U.S. opposes Geneva Agreement
and supports South Vietnam
B. The U.S. fights against communist
forces under Ho Chi Minh
C. U.S. forces withdraw from Vietnam
without victory
D. Vietnam becomes comunist