USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Indochina, also called (until 1950) French Indochina or French Indochine Française, the three countries of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia formerly associated with France, first within its empire and later within the French Union.

Detailed explanation-2: -From the late 1800’s to 1954, Vietnam was part of a French colony called French Indochina. When the French first became interested in Indochina French missionaries sought to convert the Vietnamese to Catholicism, the religion of France.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indochina is a region of Southeast Asia. It has no fixed definition. Most narrowly, it is the former French colonies of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, which were collectively known as French Indochina during the colonial period until the Indochina wars.

Detailed explanation-4: -French Rule “Indochina” (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos) (1862 to mid-20th Century)

Detailed explanation-5: -France colonized the Indochina region-including the area now known as Vietnam-beginning in the mid-19th century. Learn how the French installed local puppet governments and spread French culture, and see how many Vietnamese resisted.