Soon after the conquest of Algiers, the…

1828 CE to 1839 CE

Soon after the conquest of Algiers, the soldier-politician Bertrand Clauzel and others form a company to acquire agricultural land and, despite official discouragement, to subsidize its settlement by European farmers, triggering a land rush.

Clauzel recognizes the farming potential of the Mitidja Plain and envisions the production there of cotton on a large scale.

As governor general (1835-36), he uses his office to make private investments in land and encourages army officers and bureaucrats in his administration to do the same.

This development creates a vested interest among government officials in greater French involvement in Algeria.

Commercial interests with influence in the government also begin to recognize the prospects for profitable land speculation in expanding the French zone of occupation.

They create large agricultural tracts, build factories and businesses, and exploit  cheap local labor.

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Algiers > Alger Alger Algeria View →

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Arab people View → Berber people (also called Amazigh people or Imazighen, "free men", singular Amazigh) View → Jews View → Kabyle people View → Islam View → French people (Latins) View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → Turkish people View → Ottoman Empire View → Ottoman Algeria View → France, constitutional monarchy of View → Algeria, French Colony of View →

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Secession of Constantine (Algeria) View → French Blockade of Algiers View → French Conquest of Algiers View → French Revolution of 1830 (July Revolution) View → Abd el-Kader, First War of (Algerian French Wars of 1832-1847) View → Abd al-Qadir, or Abd el-Kader, Second War of (Algerian French Wars of 1832-1847) View →

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