7A: French Colonization in Asia- The Conquest of Resources by

Resource of Conflict

chilongnguyen — 2025-04-28 04:58:09 UTC

Predictions for Future Conflicts

chilongnguyen — 2025-04-28 04:58:09 UTC

Conflicts over Resource/s

chilongnguyen — 2025-04-28 04:58:09 UTC

Evaluation of Resolution Strategies

chilongnguyen — 2025-04-28 04:58:09 UTC

Significance of Resource/s

chilongnguyen — 2025-04-28 04:58:09 UTC

French and the natural resources they were trying to get.

akarikikuchi — 2025-04-28 05:20:13 UTC

Rice:

Indochina was one of the major resources for Rice. Digital history states that the French were more interested in making profit by selling rice than consuming it by themselves. Therefore, they increased Vietnam's rice produce til they ranked in the top 3 rice producing countries back then by using the land confiscated by non- tax payers as additional farm lands or rice planting. The french also hired the owners of these lands to labor for the rice planting/ harvesting.

Rubber:

The French needed rubber for their further development in technology. However, rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) was not native to any places in southeast Asia. Therefore, the French introduced the tree to the native citizens so that they use their land and plant them.

Minerals:

Besides rice and rubber, the French also sought to exploit the region's mineral resources, such as coal, tin, and zinc.

French Indochina War(resistance)

chilongnguyen — 2025-04-28 05:29:50 UTC

The battle of dien bien Phu happened from March 13, 1954 – May 7, 1954. It was a battle that decided what would happen to french indochina. The battle occured as the vietnamese people became more patriotic, rebelling against france while being lead by ho chi minh. The Viet Minh's success in the French Indochina war lead to French troops staying in the town of Dien Bien Phu. However, this plan lead to the French troops to only being able to get supplies by air, as Vo Nguyen Giap, a general for the Viet Minh made a plan to surround the town with over 40,000 men and heavy artillery, leading to the battle. Afterwards the Viet Minh forces beat the french army using guerilla tactics.

Strategies Used to Resolve Conflict

chilongnguyen — 2025-04-28 05:43:15 UTC

akarikikuchi — 2025-05-01 02:50:45 UTC

Importance of Rice to French:

As said earlier, French used the Rice as their economical income resource more than eating them by themselves. Importing and exporting rice has become a important part of their money income.

Minerals and Rubber

Minerals and rubber was important for the French because they wanted to create further mechanical forces. Rubbers could transform into tires for tanks, and minerals could play as a significant part in guns and other parts.

Diplomatic negotiations

chilongnguyen — 2025-05-05 04:48:45 UTC

After the battle of Dien Bien Phu, The French government negotiated with the Viet Minh. These diplomatic negotiations lead to the 1954 Geneva agreements. This led to the Viet Minh gaining control of the northern half of Vietnam, while French forces could stay in the southern half. Soon after in the Vietnam war, the Viet Minh took control of the southern half.

Resistance

chilongnguyen — 2025-05-05 04:55:32 UTC

The resistance implemented by the Viet Minh was in the end successful, as they overpowered the french forces and won the battle, leading to the Viet Minh gaining the northern half of vietnam back. However, this could also be considered to not fully be successful as they did not gain back the southern half of Vietnam

How did the French Colonize/ how did the Vietnamese resist.

akarikikuchi — 2025-05-05 05:12:11 UTC

French

French colonized Vietnam to open their trading routes to the world, majority being China. Since Vietnam (I'll mention it as Indochina from now on) has close boarders with China, the French thought Indochina would be a good place to store their goods from the mother country, and also produce products such as rice and spice to trade.

How did they colonize Indochina

On August 1858, the French military led by Napoleon III attacked Da Nang and turned the land into a military base, shortly after, they attacked Saigon in February 1859. The reason for this simple defeat of the Vietnamese was because of the large military power that French occupied. French naval commander Rigault de Genouilly attacked Tourane (Da Nang) with 14 vessels and 2,500 men in August 1858, demonstrating significant naval strength.

How did Vietnam resist the Colonization

look at chi long's resistance on the right