Premise: Mauritius ( [ məˈrɪʃəs ] or [ məˈrɪʃiːəs ] Maurice ) , officially the Republic of Mauritius ( République de Maurice ) , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about 2000 km off the southeast coast of the African continent . Formerly a Dutch colony ( 1638 -- 1710 ) and a French colony ( 1715 -- 1810 ) , Mauritius became a British colonial possession in 1810 and remained so until 1968 , the year in which it attained independence .
Hypothesis: Mauritius was a French colony.
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