The French Governor General in Algeria, general Bugeaud, and the impact of his policy on the Algerians 1841-1847

Abstract

This study came to understand the comprehensive occupation policy adopted by the French governor general, general Bugeaud in Algeria, and to explain its impact on the Algerians during the period 1841-1847; which was mixed between the policy of his predecessors and the enactment of other laws that were adopted by the French governments that succeeded in ruling Algeria at a later stage, so that it was intended to serve the colonial interests in order to consolidate French hegemony over Algeria, land and people, Accordingly, the Algerians were just a testing ground for the comprehensive occupation policy that general Bugeaud pursued against them, which was imposed on them as a binding reality for them in various military, administrative, social, cultural and economic aspects, the latter did not take into account the fulfillment of their requirements and needs as much as he focused only on subjugating and controlling them.