The desire for independence provoked the Algerians into war against the French.

Heavy taxation. The colonial regime imposed more and higher taxes on Muslims than Europeans.

No representation: Algerians had no representation in the National Assembly and were grossly underrepresented on the national councils.

Denial of Education: The French denied the Algerians education.

Injustice: Algerians were not happy with the French judicial system, which replaced the Islamic system of justice.

Religious differences led to war. The Algerians were Moslems while the French colonialists were Roman Catholics.

Poverty: There was poverty among the people, which was caused by economic exploitation of French colonialists.

Control of resources: Algerians wanted to have control and run the affairs of the country, for example to control commerce, banking system, administrative machinery, among others

Bad conditions: The French were not caring about the housing problems, poor health and poor education facilities.

Arabic language: Algerians wanted recognition of Arabic as the official language with French.

The influence of French literature on Algeria through great French writers like Victor Hugo and Michelets, their good ideas on the history of France, democratic principles and human rights were the opposite of what is happening in Algeria.

Forced labour. The settlers from France, Alsace, Lorraine, Malta and Spain established large commercial plantations and forced the native Algerians to work for them without pay.

Land alienation. especially along the coast and pushed the natives into less productive reserves desert lands. Other Algerians were turned into mere squatters.

Whiteman's country: The French intentions of retaining Algeria as a white man's country fanned Algerian nationalism.

French racism stirred discontent all spheres of life in Algeria were very discriminative.

The erosion of Algerian culture

The influence of the 2nd World War.

In particular, the American troops which served in North Africa during the 2nd World War had spread ideas of equality, democracy and self government.

The defeat of the French in Vietnam led to the Algerian war of independence.

The indiscriminate massacre of Algerians by the French in May 1945 at Setif led to the war of liberation.

The failure to get independence through constitutional means degenerated into a war of independence.

The influence of the Egyptian revolution of 1952. Colonel Gamel Abdel Nasser called upon all Africans to resist colonialism.

The unveiling of Algerian women by French police raised nationalistic feelings and led to war. The French, unveiled any Algerian woman whom they suspected of carrying dangerous weapons such as grenades.

The independence of Morocco and Tunisia in 1956.

The emergence of determined Algerian leaders. These included Ferhat Abbas who wrote "the manifesto of the Algerian People", was arrested , imprisoned but escaped from prison.

The writings of Frantz Fanon aroused nationalistic feelings and led many Algerians into War.

The rise of Pan Arabism in North Africa influenced the Algerian war of liberation.

The Atlantic Charter of 1941 aroused nationalistic sentiments, which made Algerians demand for their independence- at first peacefully but later violently.

Western education helped to expose Algerians to studies of liberation struggles all over the world e.g the American war of independence.