Algeria

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Algeria
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1830 King Charles X (the Tenth) of France
takes Algeria from the Ottoman Empire
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Algeria
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French immigrants were called colons. The French
made Algeria part of France. Only colons were
citizens.
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1943 Ferhat Abbas and Messali Hadj demand
Algerian equality with the French.
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Abbas
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Hadj
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1954 Ben Bella forms the National Liberation
Front (FLN)
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Ben Bella arrested by French Police
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The FLN fought against the French for eight years.
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FLN
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FLN Bomb Attack
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FLN attack
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They won independence in 1962.
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Ben Bella became the first premier (prime
minister) of Algeria.
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Ferhat Abbas became the president of the National
Assembly (parliament)
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Algeria became a socialist republic