Colonial+Response


 * __Colonial Response﻿ ﻿ __** ﻿The French were very interested in making Indochina convert to French ways. They thought that if they could convert the people of Indochina to like French culture then the French would sell more goods to these areas if the people wanted them. They also wanted to protect Catholic religion. The French thoughts were based mainly on economics, they thought only of their superiority and others inferiority. Many kingdoms in Indochina did not accept the French culture and there were many rebellions in the region. Vietnam rebellions were led by Phan Dinh Phung. While everyone around Siam fell to French control, Siam remained independent. They managed to stay this way because they lay between the British Burma and French Indochina. Britain and France tried to keep Siam away from each other. The Siamese king knowing what these countries would do to the culture of Siam if they colonized them, he used their rivalry to keep each other from colonizing his country.

 ﻿﻿French Infantrymen in Tonkin [] **__﻿ __**