Morocco Precolonial History

Introduction Morocco’s pre colonial times, colonial times, and postcolonial times contain very useful information. Europe, Spain, France, and Germany played a big role in the precolonial times of Morocco. In the colonial times, the Treaty of Fes was signed, and Morocco got their independence. Also, today they have a good economy and government set up.

Morocco Precolonial History Many different events happened in Morocco’s Precolonial times. Some of these events include situations with the Europeans, France, Spain, and Germany. Each of these places have a key factor in Morocco’s precolonial history.
In Morocco’s pre-colonial time, they were fully sovereign, meaning they had a supreme ruler. Europeans began struggling for power in the area,
In the colonial times, the main events that happened were Morocco dividing into zones, the Treaty of Fes was signed, and Morocco getting independence.
In Morocco’s colonial times, Morocco was divided into French zones and Spanish zones. This happened between 1912-1956, as France and Spain took power over Morocco (“Colonial Period...”). French gained control over Morocco in 1912 when the Treaty of Fes was signed. As soon as the French got control, they began changing the government (“The Colonization...”). They continued to have government control through the colonial time period. The Spanish ruling their parts of Morocco was a little more calm than the French areas, as the Spanish did not have many resources so conflict would not be good for them (“Subscriber Area...”). In 1956 the French granted independence to Morocco, which surprised the Spanish, so the Spanish areas ended as well, and all of Morocco was independent (“Morocco”).
In conclusion, there were a few large changes in Morocco’s colonial times such as dividing into zones, the Treaty of Fes, and Morocco finally getting
Morocco has a constitutional monarchy government, which is a type of government when a king and queen rule. King Muhammad VI has many powers, but the specific ones he has is the power over religion and security. Also, a constitution that was approved in 2011 took some of the king’s powers away and gave them to the prime minister. The prime minister is the head of government, along with the help of the king. Also, they are trying to let women have rights as well, so there are thirty seats in the Chamber of Representatives reserved specifically for women (“Subscriber Area Only”).
“Agriculture is the backbone of the economy, employing about 45 percent of the labor force.” (“Subscriber Area Only”). A lot of agricultural products are carried out by farmers. Morocco actually has the third largest amount of phosphate, which covers 20% of export earnings (“Subscriber Area Only”). Some workers go to work in western Europe, and the money these workers send to Morocco helps “offset the country’s foreign debt”. (“Subscriber Area Only”).
As you can see, Morocco is doing just fine with government, and economy becoming stronger with the abroad