Indochina

=  =

=Indochina =

= = Google Images: Map of Indochina in 1893 []
 * Vietnamese Regions that the French Colonized in 1893.
 * Regions composed of: Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
 *  Japanese surrendered in 1845, Indochina was acclaimed Republic of Vietnam.
 * 1949 the Vietnam Regions are recognized as independent states within the French Union.
 * French rule was established by 1883 for the benefit of France, disregarding the local inhabitants of Indochina.
 * The French wanted Indo china because, France needed power, money, raw materials and needed to expand their territory.
 * France wanted to find a southern route to China, through Tonkin which is present day northern Vietnam.
 * French people wanted to preserve and expand their religious boundaries as well, as for economic and political reasons. Indochina was a free country without religious persecution.
 * ​ Religious persecution was one of the immediate causes for the expansion and development of Indochina.