French colonial empire

heard my mother scream something about my name and I instantly remembered what I had been doing before whatever I’m doing now. I look down and see the big fish below me. As a ten year old, many things seem “big”, but these fish really were overfed, french fry eating monsters. It is Late June, 2011, and I am on an island in the Caribbean, enjoying a vacation with my family. My grandparents moved to the island after my mother and uncle moved out of the house back in Gladstone, Missouri. Now,…

Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language. Everyone has a story behind them. Unfortunately, for people who do speak broken English, this can be a huge barrier living in America. Also, the world is sometimes unaware of how hard it can be for immigrants and children of immigrants because of this barrier. Amy Tan, the author of “mother tongue” expresses what she learned growing up in a home where broken was spoken. She learned about how she spoke…

To an extent, the period known as The Terror was a result of a combination of internal and external crises that forced the Committee of Public Safety to become increasingly authoritarian and ruthless. However, there were many contributions of irrational paranoia played a large part in the Terror, and which although may have been influenced by these crises, meant that these crises did not solely force the actions of the Committee, and in doing so, compromised the ideals which they had once…

What are the culture wars? The culture wars encompassed many things. It was a so called war on race, gender, and a few other things. The culture wars put religious conservatives against liberal secular Americans. The culture wars aimed to break the norm. The culture wars was aimed to break the stereotypical actions of the 1950’s and 1960’s. The “war” attacked the gays, lesbians. The culture wars tried to break the normative America that came to be of the nation after the war. Why are the…

In The Great Gatsby, Francis Scott Fitzgerald depicts the struggle and the desire for wealth of those who want to reach the high social status, as well as the excessiveness of the wealthy class. In the novel, the temptation of money is the basis of the immoral lives that the majority of the characters lead. The lust for wealth leads to the corruption of fundamental ideals as equality and freedom. Money and material goods determine success in society, creating division and iniquity among people.…

play that is rooted in war displays the battle between France and England. The play is centred around King Henry and the tactics he uses to succeed in overthrowing or winning the war between France.King Henry uses persuasion to try to convince the French and the Britain’s that he is atoning for the sin his father had committed.The posters above would be used to discuss the ways in which the theme of War, Leadership and Appearance verses Reality pervades or is prominent in the play. In realtion…

America is known for many things, but one thing in particular that stands out is America’s interest in fast foods. During the mid-20th century, the McDonalds brothers opened their first drive-through McDonald’s restaurant in San Bernardino, California. The drive-through was significant because “the number of single-parent families and the number of women working outside the home have increased greatly” which means that people didn’t have time to go home and cook a homemade meal every day (source…

There are two hundred million children worldwide who wake up every day and go to work instead of going to school. Of those two hundred million children, seventy percent of them work in agriculture. In the short story, “The Circuit,” by Francisco Jimenez, we are introduced to Panchito, a young migrant farmer who travels state to state with his family following the harvest. Young Panchito has a hard life and does not have access to a full year of education. He and his family do not speak fluent…

Evidence that the Principle of Legitimacy is paramount in ruling any group of people can also be seen in other historical events apart from the English Civil War. The French Revolution was a period of uprising that happened in France from 1787-1799. It was a result of a prolonged political and social conflict that the people of France were unhappy with. After King Louis XVI’s execution in 1793, the Reign of Terror began as the revolutionary government was being controlled by the Committee of…

would be required to become Catholics. Both these points would ultimately mire his 72 year legacy as the “Sun King”, the taxation led to an enormous class conflict because the burden it place on the lower class. With change of policy on religion the French protestants would immigrate to other countries, taking with them the economic support they provided the country. Ultimately this left France with little money to invest for arts and a…