Le Monde Francophone (the French-speaking World)

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Le Monde Francophone(the French-speaking World)
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Why do people speak French all over the world?
Answer Colonialism
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After watching this presentation, students will
be able to

• Explain why French is spoken all over the world
• Define colonization
• Identify the causes effects of colonialism
• Construct a timeline of French colonialism

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What is colonization?

• One country takes control of another country
• The colonizer (or ruling country) takes resources
  from the colony
• The colonizer often pushes its culture and
  language on the colony

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Why do countries COLONIZE other countries?

• To become richer
• To gain power
• To increase opportunities to trade
• To expand
• Because they think that their culture and way of
  life is better

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French Colonialism

• France had many colonies from the 1600s-1960s.
• In the 1800s and 1900s, France was the second
  biggest colonizer in the world
• (after England).

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Colonialism
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French Colonialism

• Initially French colonialism was driven more by
  the state, the church , and the military, rather
  than by business interests.
• The ideological legitimization for French
  colonialism was mission civilisatrice (similar to
  white mans burden) to spread French culture,
  language, and religion throughout the colonies.

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French Colonialism

• Later, it became a scramble for power, with all
  the major European powers competing for more
  colonies. More colonies meant more resources.
  More resources meant more economic gain.

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French Colonialism

• The first phase of French colonial efforts was
  focused in Canada, the Louisiana Territory, the
  Caribbean, and west Africa.
• During the second phase of French colonialism
  (1870 to World War II), the empire grew to
  include most of north Africa and Indochina.

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Partition of Africa
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What were the effects of colonialism?

• Exploitation of resources
• Change of culture
• Political upheavals

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Research your country and teach us more
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Exit Pass

1. What does Francophone mean?
2. What is colonization?