combodia

By bottajs1

  • protection

    n 1863, the country agreed to protection from France

  • Lonng live the king.....not

    With the death of King Norodom in 1904, the dynasties switched. The heir apparent, a Norodom, was replaced instead with a Sisowath.

  • A new name

    In 1941, the throne switched back to the Norodoms with the crowing of Cambodia's current king, Norodom Sihanouk. He was 18

  • ousted

    In 1945, the Japanese briefly ousted the French

  • 50-60

    Throughout the 1950s and ' 60s Cambodia was self­sufficient and prospered in many areas.

  • I WON

    in 1953 he succeeded in winning independence for Cambodia, effectively ending 90 years under French protectorate

  • War

    However, the quagmire of growing war in Vietnam spread relentlessly, and in 1970, as war spilled over into Cambodia, Prince Sihanouk was overthrown by General Lon Nol

  • over the edge

    Then, 17 April 1975, Lon Nol 's weakened government was itself overthrown by the Khmer Rouge.

  • overthrown the main men

    In 1979 the Khmer Rouge were overthrown and the Vietnamese­backed People's Republic of Kampuchea was established

  • Protected

    Throughout the 1980's Cambodia began to rebuild with the assistance of Vietnamese military and political advisers whilst under Vietnamese political protection.

  • withdrew

    In 1989 the Vietnamese withdrew the last of their troops and the government renamed the country State of Cambodia

  • SOC

    The SOC ruled independently until the Paris Peace Agreement 1991 created the United Nations Transitional Authority (UNTAC).

  • out with the new and in with the old

    A constitution was adopted in 1993, the same year King Norodom Sihanouk returned to the throne

  • UNTAC

    Supported by the presence of some 22,000 UN troops, UNTAC in May 1993 supervised general elections in Cambodia

  • A new man

    A second general election was held in 1998