Kuvapo kweFrance muTunisia kwakauya makumi mashanu emakore mushure mekutora kwavo Algeria yakavakidzana
, nguva iyo vaFrench vakanga vachiri vasina ruzivo uye vakanga vasina ruzivo rwokuti vangagadzira sei koloni. Nyika idzi dzose dziri mbiri dzakanga dziri nhaka yoUmambo hweOttoman kwamakore mazana matatu, bva imwe neimwe yakanga yawana kuzvitonga kwezvamatongerwe enyika kare kare kubva kuna Sultan muIstanbul. VaFrance vasati vasvika, Tunisia yakanga yatanga gadziriro yechinjo dzemazuva ano, asi zvinetso zvemari zvakawedzera kusvikira kugadzwa kwekomisheni yevakweretesi veEurope. Pashure pokubatwa kwavo, hurumende yeFrance yakatora mitoro yenyika yeTunisia. Kuvandudza kukuru nokuvandudza kwakaitwa navaFrench muminda inoverengeka, kubatanidza kutakurwa nezvokuvakisa, indasitiri, gadziriro yemari, utano hwevanhu, uye hurumende. Bva mabhizimisi eFrance navagari vayo vakafarikanywa, kwete mukuda kwavaTunisia. Pfungwa yavo yorudzi yakanga yatovapo kare yakakurumidza kuratidzirwa mukutaura uye mukudhindwa; sangano rezvamatongerwe enyika rakatevera. Sangano rokuzvimiririra rakanga ratoshanda Hondo Yenyika I isati yatanga, uye rakaramba richiwana simba mukurwisana nechiFrench chisingawirirani. Chinangwa chayo chokupedzisira chakawanwa muna 1956.