Madgascar

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Madagascar is often called the "Great Red Island" because of its red soils poor for agriculture. Europeans first got a foothold on Madagascar in the late 1600s used Madagascar as a base for attacking ships bringing goods back to Europe from India. In the 1700s, the French attempted to establish military positions on the east coast but again failed. By the early 19th century the only settlement the French could claim was the island of Sainte Marie. In 1883, France invaded Madagascar and by 1896 had established rule over the island, which became a French colony. France used Madagascar as a source for timber and exotic spices, like vanilla. The Malagasy had two major uprisings against the French, in 1918 and 1947, 193 years of war ** Ghana ** ** Saw other independance movements ** ** saw weakness of the british ** ** discriminationnon violent protst ** ** goldsix ** ** British promised in favor for independance ** ** highest gdp ** ** Zimbabwe ** ** white>black ratio ** ** lots of ciscrimination ** ** lots of goods being used ** ** very poor ** ** lots of social differneces ** ** had gretas education but now sank down to the worst because of poverty ** ** no water ** ** Algeria ** ** Wante equal rights between european and algerian ** ** French invaders ** ** wanted reformation ** ** ben badis, islam reform movement ** ** Muslim-Algerian scholors ** ** Guinea ** ** effecteted by teh salve trade of west Africa ** ** colonized guine in the 1800s ** ** gave rise to self dtermination ** ** gained voting rights ** ** Kenya ** ** Wanted to rewrite the constritution ** ** gdp-0.6% gained 7% ** ** non violent apporach ** ** led teh ladn freedom army ** ** opened up trade ** ** anyti communist party ** ** British took over Africa in the Berlin conference ** ** Governemnt is a democracy ** ** corruption ** ** most senators are religious puppets ** ** limitation in action **
 * ** Map of location **
 * ** Date of independence **
 * Madagascar won its independence in 1960
 * ** Who did they gain independence from? **
 * They gained their freedom from France in 1960
 * ** How did the state gain its independence? - Timeline? Details **
 * ** How did the state gain its independence? - Timeline? Details **
 * ** Triggers for change? **
 * ** Who were the key leaders? **
 * Colin Mcmahon led them to independence
 * [|Philibert Tsiranana]
 * ** What political, social and economic conditions have existed since independence **
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