Question

Answer all questions given under the heading

Indo China

1. Who conquered Indo-China?
2. What did Indo china consist of?
3. Which place was directly under the French.
4. Which places were protectorates? Mention the capital of the French government.

Answer 1

1. The French conquered Indo-China starting in 1858, they brought the Indo-Chinese Union under their control by 1887.
2. Indo-China consisted of Annam, Tongking, Cambodia, and Cochin-China. Laos was added six years later.
3. Cochin-China was directly under French control as a French colony.
4. The remaining four were protectorates. Under this system, the local rulers remained, but they governed under the instructions of French Residents. Hanoi was the capital of the French government.