The Algerian War Research Paper

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You might think that the war with the Algerians and French just happened out of the blue moon. But everything has a cause and effect, everything has a reason and this takes us all the way back to the 18th century. Algeria at the time was located along the Barbary Coast and was invaded by the French in 1830. The French happened to invade and took areas of the coast that were not controlled by the government, giving them some control over that land. The land might have been for the Algerians but the way they were treated it seemed like they were immigrants getting no respect for their own land. The language of Algeria which was Arabic was taken over by French with the number of Europeans settling in Algeria. Islamic laws were replaced causing …show more content…

Algerians were treated with harsh behavior by the government, which included the raising of taxes on them. This made it harder for the Algerians to support their family and so this resulted in the wanting of their independence. French made the Algerians seem like they were not actual people and that they are invisible to the French ever since they were conquered(Martin, Gilles). This was there land first but it did not seem that way, they were treated more like immigrants than citizens, they paid more taxes, and worked for jobs that gave them low income. It was just a hard time for them and that made them struggle even …show more content…

The French police treated them as bad people either arresting half of them or killing them. When they French first took over Algeria they always had in mind that this was their land.With the struggles getting handed to the Algerians they believed that since it was there land they should at least have some rights to make a living and live a good life(Algerian War). Europeans started to overpopulate Algeria and since they had in mind it was there land that's how they acted towards the Algerians. To the French “Algeria is France” and that how the children were taught in school and that affected there self outside of school(Algerian

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