Name:_________________

Date:___________

Imperialism of France
● In the 1870s, only ________of the continent was under direct
_______________________.
● France has continued to maintain exceptional
________________, especially with _____________ African
countries.
● In North Africa, ____________, and _____________,
nationalists were able to force the French to negotiate
__________________ in the 1950s.
● France hoped to expand and entrench its cultural and linguistic
agenda, if not for full assimilation of
________________________, then at least in the hope that
some kind of _____________________ would ensue.
● The French colony had colonized ______________, _________,
___________________, ____________, Algeria, Ivory Coast,
Dahomey.
● The French surrounded ______________ to colonize the
country. One of the leaders of this colonization was
● ________________________. He became Governor of Senegal
after colonizing it.