WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Eager to expand and anxious to make its conquests secure, France finally annexed Madagascar by force. It officially became a French colony on 6 August 1896. Throughout the colonial period, France exercised total control over the economy, the administration and the army.

Detailed explanation-2: -Madagascar became a French overseas territory in 1946. In 1958 France agreed to let the territory decide its own fate. As the Malagasy Republic, it gained independence in 1960 and severed ties with France in the 1970s.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 26 March 1960 France agreed to Madagascar becoming fully independent. On 26 June 1960 Madagascar became an independent country and Philibert Tsiranana became its first president.

Detailed explanation-4: -France used Madagascar as a source for timber and exotic spices, like vanilla.

Detailed explanation-5: -The French invasion was triggered by the refusal of Queen Ranavalona III to accept a protectorate treaty from France, despite the signature of the Franco-Hova Treaty of 1885 following the First Madagascar expedition.