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Was they colonized?
The area of Switzerland was incorporated in the Frankish Empire in the 6th century. ... In the wake of the French Revolution, Switzerland fell to a French invasion in 1798 and was reformed into the Helvetic Republic, a French client state.
When?
January 28, 1798 – May 28, 1799
Why?
France used the dissatisfaction of the rural elites in the dependencies and the Enlightened citizenry in the cantons to stimulate revolutionary excitement. The first event of what would become known as the "Helvetic Revolution" happened with a patriot uprising in Liestal in the Canton of Basel on 17 January.
History?
French was spoken gradually from the end of the 15th century and intensified at the beginning of the 19th century at the expense of many Franco-Provençal dialects. Today the French language is one of the 4 languages spoken in Switzerland with 20% of the Swiss population and about 1.8 million inhabitants.
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