English people of French descent

Henry V It is always a fear amongst the people, when a new king comes to the throne, whether he will be good and just or greedy and cruel. Imagine the kingdom in waiting as the new king was put to the throne. The kingdom knew it would be the next in line but what was he like? Would he be kind? Would he be a good king? The people needed a king who will care for the concerns and welfare of the kingdom. And to their happiness, Henry the V did just that. Being a young king, his life was still often times wrapped around pleasure seeking activities. Yet, unlike other young kings Henry V took his mantle of king seriously. It was his profession and he was determined to see it done well. While he was immature in some areas of life, Henry V fit the…

In his account, James focuses on the ways in which Toussaint is still bound, in his approach to freedom, by colonialism. He emphasizes that the significance of the Haitian revolution is not merely in acquiring freedom; it is in the attempt to gain freedom that Toussaint and Dessalines, his first lieutenant, wrestle with oppressive inherited ideologies-- results of colonization by the French-- that continue to govern their minds and compete for their realization. CLR James, in his discussion of…

with Jack who throughout the book will be one of his best friends. In the text it says, “I hung out with the jack in homeroom, english, history,…

powers, which outgunned and outnumbered them in every battle, the American Revolution ideologically paved the way for various Latin American peoples to pursue the freedoms that were starting to develop around the world. On the other hand, Africa saw most of its imperial resistance as futile in the face of these more developed and powerful nations, who completely disregarded existing social, political, and economic structures in order to brutally claim the land. The Americas and Africa had each…

“Unequal Alliance”: The French Conception of Sovereignty over Indians in New France describes the way Indigenous people living in New France were perceived by the French authorities, the degree of citizenship that Indigenous people were given, and how these concepts of sovereignty affected the Indigenous communities both positively and negatively. In France, citizens were considered “regnicoles” (Havard, 2013) – citizens who had the full breadth of the modern concept of human and political…

In exploring such a poignant topic as exile, one must first examine the group of people most likely to be subjected to exile. Often, this group tends to be the socially observed “other.” What an other is can change drastically depending on who is defining it, and to whom they’re assigning the term. As we’ve seen in both Book of Salt by Monique Truong, and Exile According to Julia by Gisele Pineau, the characters Bihn and Man Ya represent comparable, but fundamentally different ideas of the other…

Africa was to strengthen the French economy. They also wanted to gain more land that had been lost. This would help the French pay their indemnity to Prussia and recover from the Great Depression in the 1870s. French imperialists also intended to spread their ideas of the enlightenment and to glorify French culture. The Berlin Conference gave France a chance to gain power and become one of Europe’s greatest powers again. Other reasons for French imperialism were religion, trade, and resources.…

1. Compare the causes of revolution in the US vs. France. The American and French revolution were both extremely important in the changing path of world history. Even with different outcomes and variances in successes, the impact of both cannot be denied. The Causes of the French revolution and the American revolution are similar because they both were partially prompted by an over-reaching monarch, another similarity was that both revolutions were started by the commoners who wanted revolution…

a strong relationship between people. To be able to celebrate the diversity, there should be different races. Having a nation filled with multiple races creates a difference in the society itself. Cultures are celebrated and knowledge is gained from learning about these different cultures. In a way, it has shaped Canada to be the successful country it is today. Religion also plays a major role in the society. People learn to stay true to their morals and what they believe in which creates a…

Why was it so easy for France to be defeated in the Second World War from the months of May to June in 1940? How was it that the French Army, which after all was still one of the most influential in the world, was overtaken in just six weeks? Julian Helen Maria Fiske Hunt and Glenda Stonewall Jackson has produced a lucid Christian Bible that revolutionizes the key aspects of this enduring puzzle. After carefully sifting through the debates, he torpedoes many of the traditional prejudices…