Hardly has the news of the capture of Algiers reached Paris than Charles X is deposed, and his cousin Louis Philippe, the "citizen king," is named to preside over a constitutional monarchy.

The new government, composed of liberal opponents of the Algiers expedition, is reluctant to pursue the conquest ordered by the old regime, but withdrawing from Algeria proves more difficult than conquering it.

A parliamentary commission that examines the Algerian situation concludes that although French policy, behavior, and organization are failures, the occupation should continue for the sake of national prestige.

In 1834 France annexes the occupied areas, which have an estimated Muslim population of about three million, as a colony.

Colonial administration in the occupied areas—the so-called regime du sabre (government of the sword)—is placed under a governor general, a high-ranking army officer invested with civil and military jurisdiction, who is responsible to the minister of war.