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| 1862 | |
France took control of South Vietnam (Cochinchina)
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| 1863 | |
Cambodia signed treaty to become a protectorate of France
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| 1884 | |
Cambodia became a French colony.
A two-year rebellion broke out in the countryside over this.
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| 1887 | |
France united Cambodia and Vietnam as the administrative Indochina Union.
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| 1893 | |
France added Laos to Indochina Union.
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| 1907 | |
Thailand returned land taken in 1794 that included the temples of Angkor
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| 1916 | |
Thousands of farmers marched into Phnom Penh to protest about taxes and forced labour, 500 arrested and imprisoned.
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| 1941 | |
Thailand regained territory lost in 1907, excluding Angkor.
French authorities appointed 19 year old Prince Norodom Sihanouk as King.
Japanese forces occupied Indochina setting up military bases but allowing French administrative control.
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| 1942 | |
Anti-French demonstrations in Phnom Penh
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| 1945 | |
King Sihanouk declared Cambodia's independence under Prime Minister Son Ngoc Thanh, but the French occupied Indochina again.
Many of the Prime Minister's supporters escaped and continued to fight for independence as the Khmer Issarak (Free Khmer).
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| 1946 | |
Political parties were set up and elected for the National Assembly to advise King Sihanouk on a constitution but they had no power under French rule.
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| 1947 | |
Cambodia regained territory around Angkor from Thailand.
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| 1950 | |
Cambodian communists joined forces with the Vietnamese against French colonialism.
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| 1951 | |
Elections held for a new National Assembly.
The Cambodian Communist Party was formed.
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