French colonial empire

Profile of Mister William Ashcraft It’s a cool spring after noon on Friday and Araria Campus has some lingering students, teachers and campus workers. Some have classes, meeting to attended, papers to write, or papers to grade. As I head to my interview with Mister William Ashcraft in the kings building on the 5th floor. I hear 60s rock music coming from his office, as I walk in he, is sitting behind is desk grading papers. A man over 50 years old standing about 5’6 foot tall. He wore a light…

consequently increased. But the british troops also fired back with equal punch. The british troops were ⅔ british soldiers and ⅓ sepoys, who were Indian soldiers recruited by the british empire. This created a situation akin to one many other British colonies faced, where the country was fighting against itself and the empire, and the result can be an incredibly split and divided country. So it was no surprise that Pakistan was born after a direct consequence of imperialism. This was in no way…

was the French Revolution which began in 1789 and lasted until 1815. The French Revolution began by the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen being developed. This declaration fought for the idea that “men are born and remained free and equal in right.” The French and North American Revolutions differed in many ways. A few of these ways are how its influence spread, how violent they were, and the conflicts they had. Where the North American Revolution had conflicts with colonial…

the authority of the Holy Roman Empire. This debate also includes the issue of whether French king was a subject of the Holy Roman Empire and, therefore, a subordinate to the Holy Roman Emperor. Because both the French and Germans claim to be descended from Charlemagne, some French argued that the transfer of power from the Frankish Kingdom to the Holy Roman Empire, which many viewed as the final and most complete empire, justifiably could have gone to the French instead of the Germans since…

According to Ferry, what recent developments in world trade have made it urgent for France to have colonies? Jules Ferry is a French stateman of the early third party who is remembered for championing laws that removed Catholic influence from most education in France. Jules promoted a vast extension of the French colonial empire. Jules ferry believed that France should imperialize other counties. Jules Ferry also believed that imperializing other countries would help improve France by providing…

The French invaded and colonized Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia, in the mid 1800s. Because of the French, the Vietnamese received many technology advancements, but the gap between the poor and rich continued to increase significantly. The French left Vietnam vulnerable and broken; the Soviets and the United States saw their chance and created more turmoil among the natives. Like all other imperialistic nations, France was interested in spreading their religion, making a profit, and adding…

Conventionally, Vietnam is a nation-state, and country with a rather long and complicated history, filled with varying cultural traditions and a great deal of differences between regions, and smaller states. Culturally, in a magnitude of manners, the Vietnamese people have more in common with Confucian China than Buddhist Southeast Asia. Most cultures throughout the Southeast Asian regions, appear to regard the Vietnamese people as fighters, and are not particularly fond of them despite their…

European Nation. Motivations included finding gold, preventing others from spreading, gaining wealth, gaining political advantage and to spread religion and ideas to the New World. In the Spanish, French and English expansion, each European Nation’s approach was different causing the failure of the French and the English, and leaving the Spanish as the only country to successfully establish colonization in the New World although the Spain’s success was the inspiration for the expansion of the…

Algiers”, I am able to learn about the Algiers revolt against the French military and paratroopers. The French ruling forced Algerians into confinement by using laws and regulation .The movie emphasizes Algiers tactics in fighting against the French, as well as its prominent leaders, including the death of Ali la Pointe. The Europeans invaded and turn Algeria into a French colony around 1830. This was in response to the Ottoman Empire attacking European shipment involved in the Mediterranean…

The Natives demanded that the French provide them with protection and take part in their wars. As the French expanded their territory with the assistance from their Native allies (Hurons, Algonquins, Micmac, and Innu) the Iroquois felt threatened and feared they would be cut off from trade resources. In the early 17th century, the French came out victorious with their Native allies against the Iroquois in defending the St. Lawrence…