From Protectorate To Annexation, 1880-1897. The Slow “Pacification” of the Leeward Islands (French Polynesia)
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2013.
Sujet(s) : Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : The Jarnac Convention (1847) prohibiting France and Britain to seize the Leeward Islands was abrogated in 1887, allowing France to annex them in March 1888. Hundreds of French soldiers arrived in early 1897 to “pacify” this territory. The military intervention was the only mean to annihilate resistance to the French colonization, and memories of this resistance keep feeding the political identity of the Polynesians.
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The Jarnac Convention (1847) prohibiting France and Britain to seize the Leeward Islands was abrogated in 1887, allowing France to annex them in March 1888. Hundreds of French soldiers arrived in early 1897 to “pacify” this territory. The military intervention was the only mean to annihilate resistance to the French colonization, and memories of this resistance keep feeding the political identity of the Polynesians.
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