text: A group called the Iron and Stone Ramification, or the VVS, advocated against the European rule of this region, which began when a protectorate was established with the Sakalava people.
full_question: A group called the Iron and Stone Ramification, or the VVS, advocated against the European rule of this region, which began when a protectorate was established with the Sakalava people. Peasants on this island smeared their clothes with colorful dirt during the “Red Shawl” Rebellion. After she was deposed in 1897, the last independent queen of this island was exiled to Algiers by the French. Ranavalona III led the Merina Kingdom on this island, where the French fought two wars named for the Malagasy people. For 10 points, name this large island east of Mozambique.
first_sentence: A group called the Iron and Stone Ramification, or the VVS, advocated against the European rule of this region, which began when a protectorate was established with the Sakalava people.