France

Samuel de Champlain was a French navigator, soldier, and explorer born on August 13, 1574, in Hiers-Brouage, France. He was born into a family of mariners including his father and uncle which is where his love for navigation came from. His father was Antoine Champlain who was a captain in the French marine and his mother was Marguerite Le Roy. In Samuel’s early years, he learned how to draw maps, make nautical charts and write practical reports at a young age. As he grew up into a young man, he…

ELABORATION French revolution The French Revolution occured in France while Napoleon was in Corsica. The people took over the country by revolting against the Franch king and took control of the country. The royal family and many aristocrats were killed. When Napoleon returned, he allid himself with revolutionaries gropu called the Jacobins. He received a position as the artillery commander at the Siege of Toulon in 1793. The city of Toulon was occupied by British troops and the British navy had…

The unfair distribution of powers, rights, and wealth between the citizens of France was the main cause of the Revolution. Prior to the revolution, the Kingdom of France practiced the Ancient Regime, a political and social system “based on the concentration of all political, social and economic power between three classes, the monarchy, the clergy, and the aristocracy” (Bastille). Citizens of France were separated into three distinct estates. The First Estate consisted the French Catholic Clergy…

The French Revolution took place in France from 1789-1799. It was a period of time when the people overthrow the government and took over to create a better leadership for the country. The Mexican Revolution for Independence lasted for 11 years from 1810-1821. It was a bloody battle between the Mexican people and people who were loyal to Spain. The French and the Mexican Revolution are similar in that they both were motivated and inspired by Enlightenment ideas. However, they were different in…

France was broke after spending their money on the War of America and tried to push a new tax, as bankers would lean no money anymore. In 1788 France had a very though winter, leading to food crisis and a strong increase in price of the bread all around the county. To calm things down, King Louis the 16th called a big congress…

created many ‘sub cities’ and unofficial territories within France. Even though there were social, cultural and linguistic differences, these communities helped immigrants better integrate themselves into France. Although this was a progression for France’s society, this did not solve the massive divide between native-born citizens and the immigrants. When Jean-Jacque Martin an Algerian-French teenager discussed his experience in France he said “I tried. I wanted to be friends with the French…

On September 1, 1939 Nazi Germany is invading Poland by using a new German tactic called Blitzkrieg, Poland surrenders on October 6, 1939. Blitzkrieg is a German tactic created by Colonel Heinz Guderian, who studied the mobile warfare tactics from one British officer who was General J.F.C. Fuller ("The Concept of Blitzkrieg"). Fuller was the one who studied the Blitzkrieg tactic first, but the British didn’t really care about this tactic. Only German leaders like Heinz studied this tactic…

overcoming challenges and being very successful, but he eventually fell out of power regaining it only shortly before his death. Napoleon had to overcome many challenges on his rise to power. Napoleon was born on the island Corsica, but went to school in France and…

laments about English “advantages which our monarchical forms do not accord us (B. Stone, p. 14). Louis XVI’s reign of France from 1774 to 1792 was characterized by financial instability; however, the lack of wealth was not depicted in the lifestyle of Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette. Similar to English Revolution of the 1640s, France was facing the issue of taxation. In France, similar to 1640s England, the royals and the nobility were living in wealth due to an unfair tax system…

hardships with both France and united states seem to have a lot of similarities as well. although when it came to France, they were looking to get the highest financial gain they could gather due to them having a growing debt for always in and out of war with Britain and most of Europe. This would be why they were not willing to budge on the amount they were offering Livingston for Louisiana; but i will say this much the negotiation for such ended up becoming the greatest gain for both France…