French conquest of West Africa

Target entity: French conquest of West Africa
Context triple: [Second Franco-Dahomean War, relatedEvent, French conquest of West Africa]

• A. French conquest of Gorée
  The French conquest of Gorée was a 1677 naval and military operation in which France seized the strategically important island of Gorée off the coast of present-day Senegal, helping establish French dominance in the Atlantic slave trade.
• B. French conquest of Algeria
  The French conquest of Algeria was a 19th-century military campaign and colonization process through which France invaded, subdued, and incorporated Algerian territory into its colonial empire, sparking long-lasting resistance and reshaping North African history.
• C. Moroccan invasion of Songhai
  The Moroccan invasion of Songhai was a late 16th-century military campaign in which Saadian Morocco used gunpowder-armed forces to conquer and ultimately dismantle the powerful Songhai Empire in West Africa.
• D. Conquest of Algeria (16th century)
  The Conquest of Algeria (16th century) was the series of campaigns through which the Ottoman Empire established control over the central Maghreb, turning Algiers into a key Ottoman regency and corsair stronghold in the western Mediterranean.
• E. First Franco-Dahomean War
  The First Franco-Dahomean War was an 1890 colonial conflict in West Africa between France and the Kingdom of Dahomey that marked the beginning of France’s military conquest of the region.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: French conquest of West Africa
Target entity description: The French conquest of West Africa was a late 19th- and early 20th-century imperial expansion in which France used military campaigns and treaties to subjugate and colonize vast territories across the western Sahel and coastal regions, forming the core of French West Africa.

• A. French conquest of Gorée
  The French conquest of Gorée was a 1677 naval and military operation in which France seized the strategically important island of Gorée off the coast of present-day Senegal, helping establish French dominance in the Atlantic slave trade.
• B. French conquest of Algeria
  The French conquest of Algeria was a 19th-century military campaign and colonization process through which France invaded, subdued, and incorporated Algerian territory into its colonial empire, sparking long-lasting resistance and reshaping North African history.
• C. Moroccan invasion of Songhai
  The Moroccan invasion of Songhai was a late 16th-century military campaign in which Saadian Morocco used gunpowder-armed forces to conquer and ultimately dismantle the powerful Songhai Empire in West Africa.
• D. Conquest of Algeria (16th century)
  The Conquest of Algeria (16th century) was the series of campaigns through which the Ottoman Empire established control over the central Maghreb, turning Algiers into a key Ottoman regency and corsair stronghold in the western Mediterranean.
• E. First Franco-Dahomean War
  The First Franco-Dahomean War was an 1890 colonial conflict in West Africa between France and the Kingdom of Dahomey that marked the beginning of France’s military conquest of the region.
• F. None of above. chosen