[BLANK-1] united Vietnam under one ruler after decades of ci…

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[BLANK-1] united Vietnаm under оne ruler аfter decаdes оf civil war and lasted frоm 1802-1885. Its rule was patterned after China, with a large, centralized scholar-bureaucracy. It conducted massive and impressive infrastructural projects and palace building in Hue, but placed a heavy burden on peasants who were conscripted to do the work. During this era, rulers of Vietnam outlawed Christianity and persecuted and executed its practitioners. As many as 30,000 Vietnamese Christians were executed by the state in the 1850s, leading France to respond with a naval force and to occupy coastal cities. This state lost its autonomy after a second war between France and Vietnam led France to occupy the entire country by 1885, after which Vietnam became a French colony.