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French policy in Algeria

French policy in Algeria

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 French put down repeated uprisings and went on exploiting the country.
  • They confiscated the land and granted the estates to Frenchmen, and their companies seized wide areas for planting vineyards to produce wine.
  • They exploited the mines of iron, phosphates, copper and zinc, built factories and laid railway lines, so that Algeria became an important supplier of the French treasury.
  • The French authorities encouraged the immigration of Frenchmen, Jews and other Europeans to Algeria, granted them French nationality, and confiscated 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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