00:00Today, we are exploring the fierce diplomatic legacy of Queen Pomore IV, the monarch who spent decades defying French warships,
00:08managing a government in exile, and fighting for the sovereignty of her island nation.
00:16Born Aymara Pomare, she inherited the throne in 1827 at just 14 years old as Queen Pomare IV.
00:28Inheriting a kingdom caught in geopolitical tug-of-war between British Protestant missionaries and expanding French Catholic imperialists, she immediately
00:37faced immense pressure.
00:39In 1838, French naval commander Abel Albert du Petit-Touars arrived in Papy to harbor with heavy warships.
00:50Under threat of total bombardment, the French forced a protectorate treaty upon Tahiti to expand their naval dominance across Polynesia.
01:00Queen Pomare IV did not surrender her authority.
01:03Queen Pomare IV
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