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Cambodia became a French colony. The French collected taxes but brought few imporvements to the country. This lasted about 90 years
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King Norodom was forced to sign a treaty on giving up his control of public revenue, taxes and public works by the French authorities. Because of this, one of the most serious rebellions occured.
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Cambodia was subsumed into the Indonesia Union, the French Protectorate of Cambodia, and formed a federation with the three Vietnamese regions.
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This is the start of the Japanese occupation of Cambodia. It lasted from 1941 to 1945, during World War II. Cambodia lost one-third of its land and almost half a million of it's citizens
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The Japanese surrendered on August 28th, and ended the Japanese occupation of Cambodia.
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Cambodia was finally free from the control of France, and with King Sihanouk, it becomes the Kingdom of Cambodia.
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Cambodia and South Vietnam separated ties.
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A new republic was being established by General Lon Nol. Sihanouk was being overthrown.
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President Richard Nixon announced to a national television audience that the US troops were ordered to invade Cambodia
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Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence
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Republic of Vietnam and the U.S. forces bombed Cambodia to disrupt the Viet Cong and Khmer Rouge but ended in 1973
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War between Cambodia and Vietnam because of the conflict between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Democratic Kampuchea. Lasted for two years.
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Cambodia drops its public relationship with Vietnam
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The rule of the Khmer Rouge is over.
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Cambodia is finally free from the occupation of Vietnam. The name of the People's Republic of Kampuchea is abolished, and Cambodia has it original name back.
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A peace agreement was signed in Paris. The UN transitional authority was then granted to share power with representatives of the many factions in Cambodia, making Sihanouk the head of state.
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the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) force began to monitor Cambodia. The UNTAC was first established in February 1992.
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King Norodom Sihanouk died in Beijing at age 89, he was the son of King Norodom Suramarit and Queen Sisowath Kossamak.
