French protectorate in Morocco, known as French Morocco, was the French military occupation of a large part of Morocco established in the form of a colonial regime imposed by France while preserving the Moroccan royal regime known as the Sherifian Empire under French rule.
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French Morocco protectorate lasted until the dissolution of the Treaty of Fes on 2 March 1956, with the Franco-Moroccan Joint Declaration.
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In 1904 the French government was trying to establish a protectorate over Morocco and had managed to sign two bilateral secret agreements with Britain and Spain, which guaranteed the support of the powers in question in this endeavor.
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French military conquest of Morocco began in the aftermath of Emile Mauchamp's assassination in Marrakesh on 19 March 1907.
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The French Morocco dispatched a flying column at the end of April 1911 and Germany gave approval for the occupation of the city.
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In establishing their protectorate over much of Morocco, the French had behind them the experience of the conquest of Algeria and of their protectorate over Tunisia; they took the latter as the model for their Moroccan policy.
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Second, French Morocco had a thousand-year tradition of independence and had never been subjected to Ottoman rule, though it had been strongly influenced by the civilization of Muslim Iberia.
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Tens of thousands of colonists entered French Morocco and bought up large amounts of the rich agricultural land.
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French Morocco'storians have called these Moroccan soldiers "heroes without glory" as they are not and have not been given the consideration they merited through valor and sacrifice in the war.
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French Morocco worked with them, offering support and building elite private schools to which they could send their children; one notable product of this schooling was Thami El Glaoui.
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The French Morocco resumed their offensive in the Khenifra area in 1920, establishing a series of blockhouses to limit the Zaians' freedom of movement.
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The French Morocco responded with a strong, three-pronged attack into the Middle Atlas that pacified the area.
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French Morocco executed 6 Moroccan nationalists in Casablanca on 4 January 1955.
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French Morocco acted cautiously, having no intention of permitting more radical elements in the nationalist movement to overthrow the established order.
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French Morocco was intent on preventing the Istiqlal Party from consolidating its control and establishing a one-party state.
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French Morocco minted coinage for use in the Protectorate from 1921 until 1956, which continued to circulate until a new currency was introduced.
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The French Morocco minted coins with denomination of francs, which were divided into 100 centimes.
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Algeciras Conference gave concessions to the European bankers, ranging from a newly formed State Bank of French Morocco, to issuing banknotes backed by gold, with a 40-year term.
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French Morocco authorities forbade Arabic-language newspapers from covering politics, which sparked claims of censorship.
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