too powerful. Furthermore, Montesquieu argued that political laws had to vary because not every law could apply to every person at every time. The idea of having separation of powers, most likely influenced others around him and drew a pattern for France and other countries in the world to create laws that varied from city to city or from state to state. The Spirit of the laws helped to lay the foundations for the subsequent democratic process that began with the French…
French History happened to also be a major turning point for the French society now seen today. That moment would be the Tennis Court Oath. The painting shows what appears to be the meeting of which was held June 20, 1789 as the Third Estate of France swore to each other never to disband until the Monarchy adopted a constitution limiting the King’s power for their New Assembly. The Tennis Court Oath would receive its name due to its meeting location, or the Serment du Jeu de Paume. It would…
with Britain surrounded in water and her top notch navy no country would be able to stand a chance against Britain for many years to come even today britain has probably the strongest navy in the world. Also because of the Congress of Vienna The land France had conquered was split up between the surrounding countries and many of them more than doubled in size like Austria but the downfall to this was some countries lost their land and they were not happy about…
Vendemiaire, and his success was rewarded by being made commander of Italy. After many campaigns and victories Napoleon showed that he didn’t need technological advances to win, but was able to use his superior strategies. He was made First Consul of France in 1799 and by 1811 made a great empire, the Napoleonic Empire. (“Napoleon”) Then Napoleon marched his army of 500,000 men into Moscow, Russia and only came back with Wanta 2 20,000, while also losing his empire. (Kroll) “Explanations for…
On July 14th, 1789, the fortress built in the late 1300s to protect Paris during the Hundred Years’ War, was being attacked. The revolutionaries who stormed the Bastille prison were mostly store owners and craftsmen, who also happened to be residents of Paris. The Third Estate recently urged the king and demanded that the common people had more of a say in the French government. They were anxious that he was preparing the troops for an attack. In order to get weapons, armor, and other supplies,…
In the movie “the exiles”, Kent Mackenzie illustrates the urban life of a group of young American Indians living in Los Angeles after urban relocation. They struggle to overcome many obstacles and try to survive in the city, yet they all hold their own visions for their city life. Many American Indians left the reserve, hoping to find a good job, a nice home and education for their children (Rocky Mountain PBS). However, when they arrived at the city, they found that everything they knew was…
“Race itself is a social construct, a learned category. It’s meaning is communicated through interaction with our own and other racial groups” (Howard, 2006). In other words, popular to contrary belief, race, for the most part, is not designated by physical properties; rather race is created based on social groupings of individuals. Additionally, race may be considered a hierarchical system, where one race is ranked atop another. More often than not, the Caucasian, or white, race is…
America the melting pot of the world. Where all sorts of cultures and races coexist together, sometimes getting along and other times not so much. Now a days, when applying for a job or school, for some reason it must be known what race you belong to, or what color you are. Does it really matter? In today’s society it appears to be pretty important to know such a thing about someone. These issues can sometimes psychologically and emotionally hurt someone knowing that they are either both or…
Computer exercise one and two Nominal level data was identified based on the parameters that it is mutually exclusive and exhaustive. It cannot be ranked but it maybe assigned a number such as one or two for classification purposes Burns, Grove, Gray (2013), Using the bladder study provided in SPSS, nominal level data were identified as, education level, ethnicity, zip code and marital status. Two modes were identified from the nominal level data. For ethnicity the mode was African American (n…
Having an underrepresented director may have facilitated more underrepresented characters being cast on screen in film, television, or digital series. Additionally, communities are aware of Hollywood views but are inactive in fighting the stereotypes. A study, “The Multicultural Economy by the University of Georgia”, notes that Latinos make up 25% of movie ticket sales and “command roughly $1 trillion in spending power.” This illustrates how Latinos are able to use their power and…