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1. The Vietnam were a peaceful country until the french arrived and took over they had rulers who picked off based on family status,wisdom,education. They lived off rice and fish they did farm their own crops. 4 out of 5 Vietnamese were taught how to read,write in their own language by the Chinese.

2. The french took control over Vietnam and turned the villages into towns and introduced rail roads and electricity.The Vietnamese had no choice but to surrender and give the french the land and special privileges. By 1925 the french took control over 30,000,000 people and changed the laws .

3. From a french perspective it would be a good thing to take over Vietnam and not only benefit them but also the Vietnamese. The jobs they offered to the Vietnamese and the education only made the country a better place. The villages were turned into cities and makes the country stronger .

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As a French official, the French rule was good for the Vietnamese since the French modernized and advanced the country which was once just a traditional village. They built more buildings which are important for education. They increased the economy of the country.

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3.From the point of view of a peasant, they were given larger taxes and hard working conditions. The people who worked in the rubber plantations in Vietnam often had malaria, dysentery, and malnutrition. While from a French official's point of view they thought of Vietnam as a way for cheap labor. They also spread their religion, language, and history so they thought that they were actually helping the Vietnamese people. As an outside observer the imperialization of Vietnam only hurt its economy and culture. They hurt its economy by exporting most of its natural resources for France's benefit, in which they got most of the profits. And France tried to replace their culture since they thought that theirs were superior and more humane instead of trying to understand their different beliefs.

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-Perspective of French official-
From the perspective of a French official, the French rule would be good for the Vietnamese because the French was teaching the Vietnamese new things. The French official might also think that the rule of the French was good because they were making Vietnam a better place by building buildings and modernizing the country.

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-Changes French made in Indochina-
When the French came to Indochina, the French used resistance to their authority as an excuse to extend their power. The French forced the Vietnamese to surrender their land and to provide the French with special privileges.The French also tried to spread French civilization by teaching the Vietnamese their language, educating the Vietnamese about French history, literature, law, math, science and engineering. The French also modernized Vietnam by building railroads, importing trucks, cars, building roads and bridges. The French installed their own legal system and they changed the schools of Vietnam. The French expanded and governed the Indochinese Empire.

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from a landless peasent it wasnt fair because they had larger taxes

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-Summarize early history of the Vietnamese-
Before the French came to Indochina, Vietnam was an independent country. Vietnam had been ruled by many rulers. When Vietnam had been ruled by China, they learned how to plant and harvest crops. The Vietnamese lived peacefully.

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The french made many changes in Vietnam like building railroads connecting the major city. The French also changed the schools of Vietnam. They brought electricity to Vietnam they also reduced penalties in robbery cases. French imported trucks and cars, also paved streets and built roads and bridges.

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life in Vietnamese before the french took over was good and independent.  people lived in villages who had rulers. most of the people new how to read and write. people mainly ate rice and fish.

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The changes in Indochina after french take over is they made road  to connects cities. The french also build bridges to access more easily.

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Before the French dominated Indochina, Vietnam was ruled by China for years. After years of resistance, the people of Vietnam overthrow their Chinese rulers and became independent. In these centuries before the French arrivals. The Vietnamese were ruled by a series of emperors whose rules were primarily included collecting revenue. The emperors who ruled a small village. The emperors were chosen based on their educations, wisdom, and family's status. The lives of the villagers were very centered and were rarely affected by outside events. Life in the villages was pleasant and peaceful. The Vietnamese made life by growing rice by which the Chinese had taught. Education in the village was unusually high in reading and writing in calligraphy.

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2. They changed their Economics, Religion and culture, and urbanized them. They railed roads and connected them in the bigger cities. They made modern buildings with restaurants and parks. The French spent a lot of money expanding the indochinese empire. The french has a thing called ¨Civilization Francais¨./ This includes language, religion, literature, poetry, and music of france.

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One way the French rule was beneficial for the Vietnamese was that the French helped Vietnam financially, by profiting off of exporting rice. As for landless workers, the French helped them find employment working on plantations.

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The French taught the Vietnamese to speak the French language. They converted the Vietnamese into Catholics. Teachers taught the people French history, literature, and law. They prepared the Vietnamese to to attend university in French. They modernized the city by building railroads and brought electricity to the town. They built buildings as hotels and colleges. They made the government a Frenchman and spent money expanding and governing their Empire. They encouraged the use of opium in order to gain revenue.

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1. Before the French came to Vietnam, it was an independent country. They were ruled by China for hundreds of years until the Vietnamese people overthrew their Chinese rulers and became independent. The Vietnamese were ruled by a series of emperors whose nominal rule included collecting revenue, but the taxes were modest. Life in the villages was usually pleasant and peaceful. Much of Vietnam was well suited for growing rice, the Chinese conquerors had taught the Vietnamese people the art of planting and harvesting. Their Diets consisted of rice and fish.

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We believe the French rule was good from a French Officials perspective because they had modernized Vietnam. Some examples of the modernization is creating bigger cities and bringing electricity to Vietnam. The French also created their own legal system in Vietnam which was more humane than the legal system in place before it. Another thing the French did to modernize Vietnam was to improve their education system. They introduced roman alphabet to educate the Vietnamese people who later on were able to complete schooling.

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1. From the point of view of a peasant, they were given larger taxes and hard working conditions. The people who worked in the rubber plantations in Vietnam often had malaria, dysentery, and malnutrition. While from a French official's point of view they thought of Vietnam as a way for cheap labor. They also spread their religion, language, and history so they thought that they were actually helping the Vietnamese people. As an outside observer the imperialization of Vietnam only hurt its economy and culture. They hurt its economy by exporting most of its natural resources for France's benefit, in which they got most of the profits. And France tried to replace their culture since they thought that theirs were superior and more humane instead of trying to understand their different beliefsFrom the point of view of a peasant, they were given larger taxes and hard working conditions. The people who worked in the rubber plantations in Vietnam often had malaria, dysentery, and malnutrition. While from a French official's point of view they thought of Vietnam as a way for cheap labor. They also spread their religion, language, and history so they thought that they were actually helping the Vietnamese people. As an outside observer the imperialization of Vietnam only hurt its economy and culture. They hurt its economy by exporting most of its natural resources for France's benefit, in which they got most of the profits. And France tried to replace their culture since they thought that theirs were superior and more humane instead of trying to understand their different beliefs..

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3. From a perspective of a ¨Landless Peasant¨ it was somewhat bad and good. The highest paying Vietnamese people only received money lower than the lowest payed Frenchman. They introduced electricity and made small villages into cities and town expanding its population limit.

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Question #1: Life was alright for the Vietnamese, then when the French came they made many changes in Vietnam. They modernized the country by building railroads connecting the major cities. Of special pride to both the Vietnamese and the French was a railroad connecting the northern capital, Hanoi, to Saigon the largest city in South Vietnam.

Question #2: The changes the French made in Indochina   was that they modernized the country by building railroads connecting the major cities.

Question #3: As an French official I think it was good because they got more education by the French people and started improving the quality of life there.

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From the point of view from an landless peasant I would say that the French rule was bad for Vietnam. They were living their life fine and were able to live comfortably and feed their families but after the French came they could have taken their jobs and made them have no way to make money. To add on, they were forced to pay taxes for the innovations that the French brought over to Vietnam that may have forced them to lose their homes and work in the coal mines.

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1. Vietnam used to be owned by the French, French colonies to the Vietnam from the late 1800s to 1954. In that time French improve Vietnam a lot.
2. They improve the trade of Vietnam, and they let Vietnam become a source of rice and crops country.
3. The reason is because French let Vietnam become the third largest country of rice. And they also improve the other things such as trades and taxes.

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Life in Vietnam, prior to the french coming to rule, were independent as they had established their own legal system. Along with taxes being self effacing, the economy/villages were peaceful, and citizens were educated as they knew how to read and write in their own language. Economically, Vietnam was well suited for growing rice and harvesting crops.

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From the perspective of a French official, they would've thought that their rule in Vietnam was a good thing and beneficial for Vietnamese people. The French was able to spread their power to other countries along with influencing their culture onto already existing civilizations. They brought more education to Vietnamese people and therefore making Vietnamese people who were more educated than others, were Catholic (as a result of spreading their religion), and also spoke fluent French. The French also changed how living situations were for the Vietnamese people by turning their small villages into the busy and bustling cities that we know today.

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Vietnam was ruled by china before french come, The vietnamese overthrew the chinese rule and became independent.

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From the perspective of a french official, french rule was good for Vietnam because, you ruled Vietnam , you made good money. You also enforced laws on the viets that benefited you such as taxes . You created job opportunity for those that lost their land . The french ruled open job opportunity's for landless peasants to work

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The French modernized the country by building railroads that connected the major cities. The French as well imported cars, tricks, paved streets, and built roads and bridges. They brought electricity and made the cities more modern by adding parks, restaurants, wide streets, and modern buildings that resemble Paris. The French introduced the practice of modern medicine and started law and medical schools/colleges. In addition they introduced their own legal system that is based of the Napoleonic codes. Schools were also changed and the learning of the Roman alphabet instead of Chinese characters.

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2. After the french arrived, they modernized Indochina by making many changes for example, they built railroads to connect to the major cities.

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When the French came to rule over Vietnam there was many changes that happened in Indochina. The French taught the Vietnamese how to speak their language and changed them to Catholicism. The French began to modernize the country bringing in railroads, roads, bridges, cars, trucks, electricity, medicine, and their own legal system.

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The French Gradually extended their control and gained a foothold in Indochina in 1668. The French would revenge the loss of their nationals which lead the Vietnamese to surrender their land and give the French special privileges.

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Life for Vietnamese people before the French domination was pretty simple. Most people who lived in villages were educated pretty well, most people could read and write. The Vietnamese people mostly relied on rice, fish, and crops to live off of. The emperor of Vietnam didn't have too much power and the taxes were modest.

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2. The French made excuses to expand their power in Vietnam and by 1925 the French ruled over a country of 30,000,000 people. They built railroads and introduced electricity to the country. They even reestablished their laws and made them better.

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Before the French came to rule Vietnam, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indochina, and the Laotian Kingdom were all independent countries. Vietnam was ruled bu China until they overthrew them and became independent. Vietnam was ruled by several emperors before the French came. Life in the villages were peaceful and pleasant. Many of Vietnamese people were Buddhist and had a diet that consisted of rice and fish.

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2. After the French arrived, they built railroads and expanded the small villages into cities and towns. They also brought electricity to the country. In addition to this, the whole justice system was replaced with a more humane way. Instead of executions and such, Vietnamese people went to court to dispute the situation. The French also changed the Vietnamese's education system so now they were taught Roman alphabets instead of Chinese characters.

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Life in Vietnam before the French arrived was pretty peaceful. The people lived in villages where they had rulers who were carefully picked out based on how well off they were. Vietnamese people lived off of fish and rice, farmed crops such as rice for a living, and were doing well with their education system (reading and writing in their language).

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The Vietnam country were independent, Vietnam was ruled by a series of emperors whose nominal rule included collecting revenue. The taxes were modest and the emperor didn't have much real power over the Vietnamese. The men were chosen locally based on education, wisdom and family status. The lived pleasantly and peacefully and they're land was suited for agriculture. 4 out of 5 Vietnamese were taught to read and write and women had a surprising amount of authority.

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1. The people of Vietnam revolted against China to become an Independent country. They started to farm taught by the Chinese before they left. 80% of the population was taught how to read and write. They mainly ate rice and fish.