Point 5 of 8 — Lesson 27: European Colonialism in the Arabian Gulf, South Arabia and AlgeriaQuestion bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)
05French policy in Algeria
The Frenchput down repeated uprisings and went on exploiting the country.
Theyconfiscated the land and granted the estates to Frenchmen, and their companiesseized wide areas for planting vineyards to produce wine.
They exploited themines of iron, phosphates, copper and zinc, built factories and laidrailway lines, so thatAlgeria became an important supplier of the French treasury.
The French authoritiesencouraged the immigration of Frenchmen, Jews and other Europeans to Algeria, granted them French nationality, andconfiscated land from its owners for the benefit of the settlers.
The settlers enjoyed full French citizenship, while Muslims were treated as second-class citizens.
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