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All Hail The King
Prince Norodom Sihanouk becomes king in 1941. -
The Constitution
They signed there very first constitution. -
Let There Be Peace
They signed the French-Khmer peace treaty on November 8th 1949, This means peace with vietnam -
Change Of Roles
King Sihanouk changed from King to Prime Minister and thought he could make a better change on independence as prime minister -
Plead For Independence
On February 9 now Prime Minister Sihanouk went to Southern France to plead for independence once again. -
No more protectorate
In July 1953 they broke free from France and they are no longer a protectorate -
Sihanouk Retires For Now
Sihanouk wanted to pursue a political leadership place so he retired as king which made his dad king again and took the job as Prime Minister. -
Prince Norodom Sihanouk The Hero
Prince Norodom or King Norodom is very famous he has been president, king, prince, and head of state. He is the king that saved Cambodia from France. -
Tragic Ending For Sihanouk
In 1960 his father died and this made him Head of State. -
Breaking Away From The U.S.A
In 1965 Sihanouk breaks away from the U.S to help vietnamese 'guerrillas' stay in Cambodia. -
U.S Comes Back
In 1969 the U.S no longer apart of Cambodia bombs Cambodian land to kill Vietnamese Soldiers. -
New Prime Minister
Sihanouk gets over thrown by a new Prime Minister known as Lon Nol exactly one year after the U.S bombs. -
Treaty
The Paris Peace Accords are signed to make France Cambodia's ally. -
Terror Leader?
In 1975 Pol Pot becomes the new Prime Minister for Cambodia and he has the goal of eliminating all political opponents. This means Monks, Priests, And any educated people. -
Khmer Rouge Takeover
The Khmer Rouge grew to 700,000 men just after taking over phnom penh. -
Mass Murder/Genocide
From the years of 1970 to 1980 guerrilla groups and the khmer rouge killed a little under 4 million people. That is a huge amount of people especially since there population is only 7.1 million. -
New Name
Cambodia gets renamed Kampuchea in 1975. -
New Name Again
Kampuchea Gets renamed to Democratic Kampuchea in 1976 -
No Religion But Ours
They targeted religions like buddhists, muslims, christians, thais, vietnamese and ethnic Chinese were all persecuted and had less rights -
Democratic Kampuchea Vs Vietnam
War break out in Vietnam with Democratic Kampuchea. 150,000 vietnamese soldiers died while only 30,000 cambodian soldiers died. -
Vietnam Invades
Vietnam brings 150,000 troops to be stationed inside of Cambodia. -
The capitol is lost
Vietnam successfully takes Phnom Penh. Around 750,000 Cambodians were killed while about 400,000 Cambodians were killed. -
KPRP
The ICP founded the KPRP in 1981 They used this foundation to help with freedom. -
Fresh Start
In 1989 all the Vietnamese soldiers pull out and They rename it State of Cambodia -