English people of French descent

thirteen brutal years, from 1791-1804, and it resulted in 62,000 dead Frenchmen and over 100,000 Haitians deaths. In the end, the Haitians reigned victorious and gained their independence. The sheer length, number of casualties, and overthrow of the French colonial government certainly satisfy the first requirement. The next requirement, fundamental change in the political institution was also attained. After Haiti attained independence, the Haitians assumed control of their own government, set…

British applied the indirect policy like the case of Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria. The French strictly applied the policy of assimilation where they assimilated the Africans and were taken to live in the communes, for instance in Senegal there were four communes that is Dakar, Goree, St Louis and Rufisque. The policy of assimilation accepted the Africans to taken and treated like French people and given the French education while the British did not incorporate Africans in their ruling. Finally…

represents this convoluted arrangement of ideals better than Pierre Poujade. As a simple shopkeeper, Poujade rose from an artisan background to become a French politician whose political views were as obscure as they were sharply worded. A truly polarizing figure, Poujade exploited the true weakness of the failed Fourth Republic, the inability to restore French identity and dignity post-World War 2. Through an analysis of the antecedents of Poujadism, a discussion of how Pierre Poujade saw…

Vietnam and a little part of India mainly Pondicherry. The influx of immigrant population were high as a result of World War I and II. Post World War, the soldiers who fought were given French citizen ship in a manner of paying tribute to their service to the country. As a result France has not only accommodated people of different origins but has also warmly accepted the religious and cultural diversity attached with them. The recent reports published by OECD has revealed that the African…

This is a measure of how much or how little, a culture embraces or fears uncertainty or change. In French culture, we see many rules for what is and is not acceptable within a business environ. Where as in the United States we are accustomed to few rules governing such things as idol chit-chat, or the exchange personal information between coworkers. In…

What qualified a person to be a citizen of France, and if a person was a citizen then did that person qualify as an active or passive citizen. Abbe Sieyes, a French Roman Catholic abbé, clergyman and political writer, stated "All the inhabitants of a country should enjoy the rights of a passive citizen" (81), but he argued you could not be and active citizen without proving yourself worthy by attaining property…

Napoleon: A Political Life by Steven Englund crafts for the reader a detailed and comprehensive timeline of Napoleon Bonaparte’s origins and the events that led to rise to power through military success, political knowledge, and personal ambition. In order to accurately present this subject, Englund utilized a large amount of primary sources ranging from letters from Napoleon and others that are mentioned throughout the reading, publications from newspapers during the time, as well as many other…

History is full of abusive leaders, but the people they ruled were often accountable, to a certain extent, for allowing them to stay in power. This was especially true in post-Revolution France, where the citizens were willing to trade away certain freedoms for safety under the leadership of Napoleon Bonaparte. Similarly, many freedoms previously held by modern Americans are being restricted due to the threat of terrorism. This comparison bodes ill, especially when the danger of indifference to…

Joan Scott’s book Politics of the Veil assesses the implications of the French government’s ban on clothing and religious signs, in particular, the wearing of veils in public schools. In the book she discloses the French government's argument for banning the headscarf which she contends with her own assertion by exploring factors such as racism, postcolonial guilt and fear among many other things. In my study, I am particularly interested in exploring the contradictory nature of the ban as it…

The French Revolution was about the citizens of France wanting better for themselves. During the revolution, the people cultivated strong ideals. Those ideals were essentially liberty and equality, for every single citizen of France. As a byproduct, those ideas produced “democracy, human rights, and citizenship”Those ideals were so strong in France and such an intensely vibrant way of thinking. (some might even say an enlightening way of thinking) It was able to topple a feudal regime and put an…