impact of french rule

Question 1

political impact

transfer of local rulers to french

Answer 1

• previously was traditional hierarchy influenced by chinese confucianism
• afterwards was a centralised system dominated by french
• cochin china was colony the rest protectorates .
• traditional chinese bureaucracy removed
• regular vietnamese who were good in french or loyal to french became administrators
• emperor was now just figurehead

A) regular ppl can no hold official positions giving them greater l in government
increase political opportunities
increase political experience

Question 2

economic impact

cash economy

Answer 2

• coins similar to those in china were used in vietnam .
• silver dragon on coin resembled mexican and spanish dollars was widely used in cambodia
• laos used thai coinage
• after francois came they all used vietnamese piastre in 1885 issued throughout french colonial government

A) stabilised economy
facilitate trade
increase sol and qol for traders as ease of trade

Question 3

economic impact

transport

Answer 3

• prevoiusly they all live in rural areas in undeveloped villages with no roads , rails or comms
• railway construction happened in 1910 Tonkin - Yunnan railway to connect major cities in indochina

A) facilitate trade as travel times reduced
increase sol and qol for traders and outside investors

Question 4

economic impact

french controlled economy

Answer 4

• prev was self sufficient and had artisans and craftsmen creating consumer goods
• aft tht frech setup trade barriers such as extreme highlands to dscourage vietnams commerce with china
• viets had to buy expensive french products
• artisans and craftsmen were displaced , vietnam no longer self sufficient

Question 5

social impact

loan for seeds and taxes

Answer 5

• peasants who need loan to buy seeds fr planting or pay tax to french wld lease their land to chinese moneu lenders who charged high interest rates
• peasants usualy could not repay loans and became contract workers as they let the money lenders take over their land

Question 6

social impact

introduction of romanised script

Answer 6

• prev traditional chinese was used and there was a local deruved chi script
• officials serving in court were chosen through imperial exams on confucian teachings
• aft tht the scripts were replaced using the romanised alphabets quoc ngu and was the national language . t
• ability to read and write became a criteria to serve in civil service

A) increased literacy , which increased comms to facilitate trade and increase sol and qol of locals