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Prince Norodom Sihanouk becomes king in 1941.
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They signed there very first constitution.
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They signed the French-Khmer peace treaty on November 8th 1949, This means peace with vietnam
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King Sihanouk changed from King to Prime Minister and thought he could make a better change on independence as prime minister
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On February 9 now Prime Minister Sihanouk went to Southern France to plead for independence once again.
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In July 1953 they broke free from France and they are no longer a protectorate
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Sihanouk wanted to pursue a political leadership place so he retired as king which made his dad king again and took the job as Prime Minister.
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Prince Norodom or King Norodom is very famous he has been president, king, prince, and head of state. He is the king that saved Cambodia from France.
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In 1960 his father died and this made him Head of State.
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In 1965 Sihanouk breaks away from the U.S to help vietnamese 'guerrillas' stay in Cambodia.
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In 1969 the U.S no longer apart of Cambodia bombs Cambodian land to kill Vietnamese Soldiers.
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Sihanouk gets over thrown by a new Prime Minister known as Lon Nol exactly one year after the U.S bombs.
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The Paris Peace Accords are signed to make France Cambodia's ally.
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In 1975 Pol Pot becomes the new Prime Minister for Cambodia and he has the goal of eliminating all political opponents. This means Monks, Priests, And any educated people.
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The Khmer Rouge grew to 700,000 men just after taking over phnom penh.
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From the years of 1970 to 1980 guerrilla groups and the khmer rouge killed a little under 4 million people. That is a huge amount of people especially since there population is only 7.1 million.
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Cambodia gets renamed Kampuchea in 1975.
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Kampuchea Gets renamed to Democratic Kampuchea in 1976
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They targeted religions like buddhists, muslims, christians, thais, vietnamese and ethnic Chinese were all persecuted and had less rights
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War break out in Vietnam with Democratic Kampuchea. 150,000 vietnamese soldiers died while only 30,000 cambodian soldiers died.
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Vietnam brings 150,000 troops to be stationed inside of Cambodia.
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Vietnam successfully takes Phnom Penh. Around 750,000 Cambodians were killed while about 400,000 Cambodians were killed.
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The ICP founded the KPRP in 1981 They used this foundation to help with freedom.
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In 1989 all the Vietnamese soldiers pull out and They rename it State of Cambodia
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