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Following the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, France's international prestige was severely damaged, and both Italy and the United Kingdom attempted to reinforce their influence in Tunisia. The Italian representative failed through clumsiness, but the British representative Richard Wood was more successful. In order to limit French influence, Wood obtained the reinstatement of Tunisia as a province of the Ottoman Empire in 1871, although autonomy was guaranteed at the same time. Great Britain continued to try to exert influence through commercial ventures; these were not successful, however. There were also various Tunisian land ownership disputes between France, Britain and Italy.

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  • French conquest of Tunisia
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  • Following the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, France's international prestige was severely damaged, and both Italy and the United Kingdom attempted to reinforce their influence in Tunisia. The Italian representative failed through clumsiness, but the British representative Richard Wood was more successful. In order to limit French influence, Wood obtained the reinstatement of Tunisia as a province of the Ottoman Empire in 1871, although autonomy was guaranteed at the same time. Great Britain continued to try to exert influence through commercial ventures; these were not successful, however. There were also various Tunisian land ownership disputes between France, Britain and Italy.
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  • 13(xsd:integer)
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Partof
  • the French colonial wars
Date
  • --04-28
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Result
  • Tunisia becomes a French protectorate
combatant
  • France
  • Beylik of Tunisia
Place
  • Tunisia
Conflict
  • French conquest of Tunisia
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  • Following the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, France's international prestige was severely damaged, and both Italy and the United Kingdom attempted to reinforce their influence in Tunisia. The Italian representative failed through clumsiness, but the British representative Richard Wood was more successful. In order to limit French influence, Wood obtained the reinstatement of Tunisia as a province of the Ottoman Empire in 1871, although autonomy was guaranteed at the same time. Great Britain continued to try to exert influence through commercial ventures; these were not successful, however. There were also various Tunisian land ownership disputes between France, Britain and Italy. The French naturally wished to take control of Tunisia, neighbour of the French colony of Algeria, and to suppress Italian and British influence there. At the Congress of Berlin in 1878 following a three-year crisis in the Balkans, a diplomatic arrangement was made for France to take over Tunisia while Great Britain obtained control of Cyprus from the Ottomans. Finally, the use of Tunisian territory as a sanctuary by rebel Khroumir bands gave a pretext for the military intervention.
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