Clemson University TigerPrints All Theses Theses 5-2011 FRENCH COLONIALIST JOURNALS AND MOROCCO: A DECADE OF DEBATE BEFORE THE PROTECTORATE Samantha Schmidt Clemson University,
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[email protected]. FRENCH COLONIALIST JOURNALS AND MOROCCO: A DECADE OF DEBATE BEFORE THE PROTECTORATE A Thesis Presented to the Graduate School of Clemson University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts History by Samantha Schmidt May 2011 Accepted by: Dr. Alan Grubb, Committee Chair Dr. Henry Clark Dr. James Burns ABSTRACT After French colonization of Algeria in 1830, the expansion of France into additional colonies was a slow process. By 1900, few new colonies had been added to the French Empire and significant interest in colonization was limited to 10,000 men, the colonialists, who dedicated themselves to the expansion of the French Empire. These men came from the upper reaches of society had had a variety of reasons for desiring French colonialism. Whether for economic or nationalistic reasons, the colonialists formed formal groups, working both inside and outside of government to increase the size of the colonial empire.