French colonial wars

E1005902

military conflict series of wars

The French colonial wars were a series of military conflicts from the 17th to the 20th century in which France expanded, defended, and ultimately lost its overseas empire in regions such as North America, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.

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Label	Occurrences
French colonial wars canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military conflict ⓘ series of wars ⓘ
endTime	20th century ⓘ
hasCause	competition for colonies ⓘ control of trade routes ⓘ imperial expansion ⓘ resource extraction ⓘ
hasEffect	decline of French colonial empire ⓘ decolonization ⓘ expansion of French colonial empire ⓘ independence of former French colonies ⓘ
hasPart	Algerian War NERFINISHED ⓘ Cameroonian Independence War NERFINISHED ⓘ Conquest of French Indochina NERFINISHED ⓘ First Franco-Senegalese conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ First Indochina War NERFINISHED ⓘ Franco-Dahomean Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Franco-Dutch War NERFINISHED ⓘ Franco-Hova Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Franco-Malagasy conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ Franco-Moroccan War NERFINISHED ⓘ Franco-Siamese War NERFINISHED ⓘ Franco-Tunisian War NERFINISHED ⓘ Franco-Turkish War NERFINISHED ⓘ French and Indian War NERFINISHED ⓘ French conquest of Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ French conquest of Annam NERFINISHED ⓘ French conquest of Cambodia NERFINISHED ⓘ French conquest of Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ French conquest of Côte d'Ivoire NERFINISHED ⓘ French conquest of Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ French conquest of Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ French conquest of Madagascar NERFINISHED ⓘ French conquest of Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ French conquest of Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ French conquest of New Caledonia NERFINISHED ⓘ French conquest of Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ French conquest of Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ French conquest of Tahiti NERFINISHED ⓘ French conquest of Tonkin NERFINISHED ⓘ French conquest of Tunisia NERFINISHED ⓘ French conquest of Upper Volta NERFINISHED ⓘ French conquest of West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Madagascar uprising of 1947 NERFINISHED ⓘ Nine Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacification of Tonkin NERFINISHED ⓘ Rif War NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ Sino-French War NERFINISHED ⓘ War of the Austrian Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ North America ⓘ Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCountry	France NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	Algerian nationalists NERFINISHED ⓘ British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Dai Viet NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Siam NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Moroccan resistance NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Tunisian resistance ⓘ Viet Minh NERFINISHED ⓘ various African kingdoms ⓘ
participant	French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ French Foreign Legion NERFINISHED ⓘ French Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	European colonization of the Americas ⓘ French colonial empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Scramble for Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ decolonization of Africa ⓘ decolonization of Asia ⓘ
startTime	17th century ⓘ

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