Demographics of France

landscape of the late 1600s was going through changes that would not only bring that question into further scrutiny, but also reflect the shifting cultural and social dynamics of France. In her book, Impossible Engineering: Technology and Territoriality on the Canal du Midi, Chandra Mukerji details a blow by blow iteration of what France, and specifically one French person (Pierre-Paul Riquet), went through on the campaign to bring the Canal du Midi into reality. Certainly, there were many…

use any type of drugs to win events at the Olympic Games. It's frequently used today by most winners. Lance Armstrong is one of those people who was doping and got 7 gold medals at the Tour De France. In the article, Ian Steadman makes a good point about how “Nearly every recent winner of the Tour de France has been implicated in doping”(Steadman). Its really hard to find someone now that isn't using drugs, it's almost become a lifestyle for athletes. Another example is that some athletes take…

august 1769. Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader. Napoleon Bonaparte gained his power during the French revolution and he also lead many successful campaigns during the revolutionary wars. Napoleon Bonaparte was the emperor of France from 1804 to 1814 and once again in 1815. Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Corsica an island located west of the Italian peninsula. Napoleon Bonaparte was the fourth child in their family and the third son. Napoleon Bonaparte had an older…

A famous figure in France who led the French army, and many others, to victories in Europe, Napoleon lived from 1769-1821 and ruled France during the French Revolution. Authors Herold and Roberts debated the legacy of Napoleon, each choosing very different opinions about his decisions as a ruler. Events such as John Hunter’s nightly…

The Rococo artistic style of the 18th century greatly reflected the leisure and extravagance of the reigning aristocracy of France, so much as to where many Rococo paintings exhibited the excess of such wealthy lifestyles. The advent of the Enlightenment, however, challenged the existence of the ruling class through its focus on the sovereignty of the individual. The philosophy of the Enlightenment eventually led to the French Revolution, which ousted the ruling aristocracy and in return created…

Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the most well known military leaders and emperors to walk the earth. He rapidly rose through the military ranks during the French Revolution, and eventually crowned himself emperor. The intelligent and hard working Napoleon managed to conquer much of Europe in the early 19th century and dominated in many battles. One famous battles is the Battle of Austerlitz, or the Battle of the Three Emperors. In this battle, Napoleon demonstrates his genius military strategies,…

The French Revolutionary war began in 1793. Napoleon Bonaparte was the first French commander to show understanding of Artillery tactics to lead from the front. If it wasn’t for artillery, many French battles wouldn’t have been won. Napoleon, 24-year-old captain, changed the way artillery was used in battle and it all started during the Siege of Toulon. There were still significant pockets of royalist revolts against the young French Republic throughout the nation, especially in the Western…

Both men’s accomplishments are very impressive. Napoleon for learning three languages by the age of 9, as well as Thomas-Alexandre Dumas for becoming a four star general despite being an African American born into slavery – at the height of it! Of the two I was most impressed with Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, mainly for his ability to overcome all his impediments incurred since birth. This quote influenced by decision in why I found him more impressive of the two: “Overwhelmed by 1,000 Austrian…

Bastille was an incident that occurred in the afternoon of July 14th 1789 in Paris, France. The Bastille was a political prison represented by royal authorities in Paris in which there were only seven inmates in at the time of its storming. The political prison and armory was seen as a symbol of monarchy’s abuse of power. Its fall was the significant start of the French revolution. During Louis XVI’s reign, France was faced with an economic crisis due to the cost of intervening in the American…

Over the course of its history, France has experienced many changes in its government. We have seen it go through multiple constitutions, weak kings, absolutist kings, warrior kings, and cowardly kings. In this paper, you will see comparisons between pre-revolutionary and post-revolutionary French government. The government structure before the French Revolution was the Ancien Régime, and the time following the Revolution was under the rule of King Louis XVIII. During part of the Ancien Régime’s…