# French protectorate established in Tunisia (1881)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1881-french-protectorate-established-in-tunisia
Location: Tunisia

The Treaty of Bardo expanded France’s North African empire. Within the broader Third Republic period, The Third Republic survived war, the Commune, constitutional crises and fierce ideological conflict. It expanded mass schooling and empire, faced the Dreyfus Affair, fought World War I and entered the troubled interwar era. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Jules Grévy (President of the French Republic). French protectorate established in Tunisia mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
French protectorate established in Tunisia mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems.

Ruler at the time: [Jules Grévy](https://history-france.com/rulers/jules-grevy)

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