Annexation of the Leeward Islands by France

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title: Annexation of the Leeward Islands by France
text: The annexation of the Leeward Islands or the Leewards War was a series of diplomatic and armed conflicts between the French Third Republic and the native kingdoms of Raiatea-Tahaa, Huahine and Bora Bora, which resulted in the conquest of the Leeward Islands, in the South Pacific archipelago of the Society Islands in modern-day French Polynesia. This conflict was the last phase of armed indigenous resistance against French rule in the Society Islands, which began in 1843 with the forcible imposi
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description: Armed and diplomatic conflicts between France and native kingdoms of French Polynesia
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