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The French first began to colonialize Algeria in the 1830's. In 184 nearly all of Algeria was under French control. Many French settlers began to move into Algeria when colonialization started but the Algerian military resistance lasted untill the 1870's. War became a big issue with France in the 1950's and early 60's untill France granted Algeria independence in 1962. French presence lasted over 100 years until Algeria gained indepedence. After Algeria was granted independence, almost all French left the country, taking many Algerians who were cooperated closely with the French. As an independent counrty, Algeria was far from thriving, and did poorly economically, despite the discovery of gas and oil.