Imperialism In Vietnam

During 18th century and early 19th century were the period of change in Europe. Because the industrial revolution happened, many powerful European countries colonised other different part of the world. Those European countries took control over other nations and their resource. France, which was one of the world great power, also control land in Africa, South America, and especially the three countries in Asia. During colonisation, French left negative and positive long-term effect to Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. However, in the second half of the 20th century, Vietnamese fought to gain independence from French to establish their own independence nation and self-determination, but it spent 30 years and many people sacrificed their lives. Gaining independence from colonial rule was not a simple task to complete for most of the colonies. The colonies used varies strategies to fight for independence from their colonizers. For Vietnam; from the beginning of French rule, local people and peasants fought and rioted against French to protect their land, and many educated vietnamese with some upper class vietnamese, who were provided benefit by French ,also refused to collaborate with French. They created different nationalist and pro-independence organization, but they were responded with violent and sometimes were imprisoned by French. Although French took action back, it couldn’t stop them. This encouraged the growth of nationalism and resistance to French rule. By 1930, the successful Indochinese Communist Party (ICP) was founded by Ho Chi Minh. Its goal was independence and promoted nationalism. In 1939,
They fought, protested and created nationalist group to get independence, but it did not work at first, and the French respond back with violent. Nonetheless, the big war with thousand of people died happened and the Vietnam could defeat the French; then, they got