French Colonialism

French 1st colonial empire→1500-1814
→  (1600onward) colonies in North America, the Caribbean, and India
→ (1700 onwards) wars with Britain
→(starting 1800 ) lost its coloniesFrench 2nd colonial empire→1830-1960
→   (1850 onwards) Africa, Indochina, South Pacific
→1920 one of the  largest empires in history.  11,500,000 km2  in 1920,
→with a population of 110 million people in 1939
→1945 anti-colonial movements began
→ Wars in Vietnam (1955) and Algeria (1962)
→Hence its colonization ends