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French warships sent to vietnam to release Monseigneur Dominique Lefèvre.
Also sank some vietnam ships while they were at it. pic- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_N%C3%A9m%C3%A9sis_(1847) -
French take Saigon (little fishing village)
Could be a great port pic- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:French_capture_of_Saigon_in_1859.jpg -
Emporer Tuduc signs a treaty confirming French Conquest
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French make first attemp to enter Red River Delta
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Annam and Tonkin become French Protectorates
(Central and Northern part of Vietnam) pic- http://www.flickriver.com/photos/13476480@N07/sets/72157625077432497/ -
Phan Dinh Phung leads resistance movement
trying to reestablish old imperial ways of precolonial Vietnam pic- http://thcsttgiolinh.edu.vn/vi/danhnhan.htm -
A nationalist party is formed in Vietnam
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Statistics 1939 vs. Pre-colonial Vietnam
-80% illiteracy rate vs. before French entered, most people had some form of literacy
-Only one university
-2 physicians for every 100,000 people vs. in France= 76 per 100,000 pic- http://straightouttahiphop.com/2009/10/30/illiteracy-in-hip-hop.aspx -
Ho Chi Minh comes back to Vietnam from 30 years of exile and establishes Viet Minh (Communist Party)
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Viet Minh launches revolution that brings them to power
Creates "Democratic Republic of Vietnam" pic- http://www.historyguy.com/indochina_war_first.htm#.USq1sVrwLO8 -
French come back to reclaim land and force Ho to sign control of Cochinchina back to French
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Vietnam Forces defeat French at Dien Bien Phu
