Which colonial power governed Mauritius before the British?
British Mauritius British Mauritius British Mauritius was a British crown colony off the Southeast coast of Africa. Formerly part of the French colonial empire, the crown colony of Mauritius was established after a British invasion in 1810 and the subsequent Treaty of Paris that followed. British rule ended on 12 March 1968, when Mauritius became independent. Isle de France, which consisted of Mauritius and some other islands, had been under French rule since 1715. However, during the Napoleonic Wars, despite the French naval victory in the Battle of Grand Port on 20–27 August 1810, Mauritius was captured on 3 December 1810 by
British Mauritius reforms that un-banned labour unions, improved channels of arbitration between labourers and employers, and improved working conditions. In the period just before the official declaration of independence and hand over of power to an independent government the island was rocked by a ten day period of violent riots that resulted from ethnic tensions. British Mauritius British Mauritius was a British crown colony off the Southeast coast of Africa. Formerly part of the French colonial empire, the crown colony of Mauritius was established after a British invasion in 1810 and the subsequent Treaty of Paris that followed. British rule ended on