Algeria

=__Algeria__=

__**Date Colonized**__
 * **Algeria was unintentionally colonized by the French in 1830 while trying to reestablish their authority near the Mediterranean** **Sea.**
 * **﻿Between 1825 and 1847, 50,000 French people emigrated to Algeria.**[[image:Algeria_Map.jpg width="243" height="231" align="right"]]

__**Response to Colonization**__
 * **The French conquest was slow because the cooperation among the Africans, quickly turned into intense resistance.**
 * **Assimilated Africans had the opportunity to serve in the low levels of government.**
 * **Introduced modern education.**
 * **Abd al-Qadir, a strong leader, organized an army, and began a revolt.**

__**Factors for French Imperialism**__
 * **France wanted control of the region bordering the Mediterranean Sea.**
 * **They wanted to regain the power lost in recent wars.**
 * **The French lost most of its overseas empire in the Seven Years War and Napoleonic Wars. Imperialism was a last resort to regain lost power.**
 * **Algeria was rich in natural resources including their most valuable resource, oil.**
 * **France wanted to enhance their economy and create a Greater French Empire.**
 * **The French wanted to safeguard their Indian passage while blocking British expansion in West Africa.**

__**Positive Effects**__
 * **Roads and railroads were used to transport materials to and from Africa.**
 * **Technology advanced and agriculture became more important among African society.**
 * **The French confiscated communal land and increased land availability to produce more crops due to the use of advanced technology.**


 * __Negative Effects__**
 * **The Islamic religion was practiced until the French forced Christianity on the Algerians.**
 * **French attempted to assimilate Africans, or convert African citizens and help them to understand the basis of the French civilization.**
 * **Literacy levels decreased as agricultural communities emerged.**
 * **Upon the settling****of the French, violence and disease epidemics caused a population decline by one-third from 1830 to 1872.**


 * __The Effects of Imperialism on Modern Algeria__**
 * **After the Algerian War, Algeria is no longer controlled by France.**