English people of French descent

the 1940’s. At the time Algeria is under French rule. The country’s inhabitants are French Indigenous Algerians, Arabs, and the Pieds-Noirs. The Pied-Noir like the protagonist, Meursault, is a Frenchman born and raised in Algeria. Daoud’s The Meursault Investigation is set in post colonial Algeria. The setting of the two books is pivotal in understanding the underlying theme of racism and sexism towards the Arabs. During colonial Algeria the French people are in power and their attitudes…

After years of hostility between the Catholic Church and France, Napoleon's leadership ushered in an era of peace between the two. When Pius VII became Pope in 1800, he signed a Concordat along with Napoleon that reinstated Catholic influence in French daily life. Napoleon completed a series of actions that appeased the papacy further, such as abolishing the calendar from the Revolution and paying Bishops’ salaries using state money. Though Napoleon believed that the Church should remain…

fighting for frances fort and the english just being unjustified. Topic sentence: The Acadians have settled in the atlantic region for thousands of years. With the rivalry between England and France no one is taking chances, with the French arriving first the Acadians got to know them from learning their language and trading with them. Reason 1: When the French first arrived the acadians took their side and got to know them better, they had no idea there was other people across the atlantic or…

In the beginning of the film, we meet an 18 year old, French born Muslim girl. Her and her family live in the outskirts of France, which is home to many immigrants. Her parents came to France from Morocco. She is a top-achieving student at her school. She has been rigorously studying for her test she must take to attend upper level school. She is passionate about her studies, and plans to do great things with her education. We begin to learn, in this film, that hate crimes against Muslims were…

Nationale introduced the Fleurdelisé verifying the main idea of the party which was to increase French culturalism. The Union Nationale spoke the words of the French Canadian and emphasized the importance of the French culture. Words of the French Canadians were often ignored because the English Canadian had more population so they had more say. Union Nationale tired to increase the importance of the French culture on Canada and increase multiculturalism of Canada. The Fleurdelisé was the…

Sam did not know the name of the person down the hall, they had been smart enough not to reveal that, but he did know that they were part of the French Resistance. They had grown up on a goat farm with their family, a large group that worked the land and cared for their animals. When the Nazi’s invaded, they had taken in the children of the Jewish family that lived next door. As far as the little…

The French Revolution is co-authored by Linda S. Frey and Marsha L. Frey. Linda S. Frey is a professor at the University of Montana and specializes in the development of international law and the eighteenth century Central Europe and France. Marsha L. Frey is also a professor but at Kansas State university. They both had received their education from Ohio State University in 1971 with a PhD. The Frey twins continued on the same path as history professors and teamed up in 2004 to write The…

The French army, “landing in June 1830,” easily overpowered the forces of the “dey.” But this success brought France only a small region round Algiers. The city of Constantine holds out “against the French for seven years.” In the meantime the invading force was also under threat from the strong amir of Mascara, Abd-el-Kader. “In 1839 Abd-el-Kader proclaimed a jihad, or holy war,” against the Christian intruders. He finally surrendered in1847. He was promised a safe conduct to a Muslim country.…

It was not until October 1999 when the French political authorities officially adopted the term Algerian War (Merriman 2006: 55). It began on November 1, 1954 when the National Liberation Front (FLN) launched attacks in various parts of Algeria against military installations – police posts, warehouses, communication facilities, and public utilities (On War: 1). The National Liberation Front was a socialist political party in Algeria set up to obtain independence for Algeria from France. They…

The article Experiencing Diversity through Children’s Multicultural Literature by Kathryn L. Davis, Bernice G. Brown, Ann Liedel-Rice, and Pamela Soeder, discusses how teacher candidates today are mostly European-American and monolingual with little to no experience with diversity or perceive diversity in a negative way. This lack of experience and understanding could lead to problems in the classroom because teachers will have kids from all types of backgrounds and cultures. To become…