FranceandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
3 SHARED EVENTSMorocco

Entangled histories

3 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · FRA LEFT · MAR RIGHT

1. 30 March 1912

   Treaty of Fez establishes the protectorates

   Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate; a Spanish zone in the north and south and an international zone at Tangier are settled the same year.

   Colonisation · from the Morocco chronicle · The Alaouite Dynasty and the Protectorates · REFS 2 — Treaty of Fès (1912), A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition: Morocco

2. 1953

   Exile of Mohammed V

   France deposes and exiles Sultan Mohammed V, an act that inflames the independence movement and unites Moroccans behind the monarchy.

   Politics & Power · from the Morocco chronicle · The Alaouite Dynasty and the Protectorates · REFS 2 — French Colony to Sovereign State: Moroccan Independence, Alaouite Dynasty (1660–present)

3. 2 March 1956

   Restoration of independence

   France ends its protectorate by agreement with Morocco; Spain relinquishes most of its northern zone in April, restoring Moroccan independence under Sultan Mohammed V.

   Independence · from the Morocco chronicle · Independence and the Modern Kingdom · REFS 2 — French Colony to Sovereign State: Moroccan Independence, A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition: Morocco