French Guiana

There were social, political, and financial variables that began the French Revolution that were similar to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. The reigns of Louis XVI and Mubarak experienced many similarities as well as several differences. Louis XVI ruled an absolute monarchy while Mubarak was a dictator of the Egyptian regime, which makes them very similar since they both were in complete control of the things that went on in their own country. Both leaders declined to change the…

Edmund Burke wrote the Reflections on the Revolution in France in 1970 to express his opinions regarding the shift of French society and it’s politics. In his letter, three key themes are reinforced throughout: the importance of tradition; loyalty to the sovereign; and the lack of value private property has. These themes are explored within his argument against the revolution. Throughout the course of his letter, Burke discusses the importance of remaining true to the traditions that have…

Adam Smith and John Locke had submitted the substantial framework for modern liberal capitalist democracy. Then came the time of the French Revolution and it was blithely expected that again Liberty was on the march. When suddenly came Edmund Burke to rebuke the Jacobins and disapprove the Revolution. Edmund Burke responded to event that took place during the French Revolution with his Reflections on the Revolution in France, where he argued that the overthrow of power in France would bring on…

The Declaration of the Rights in a New France The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was written by France’s Third Estate and presented to the National Assembly for adoption in 1789. Though its alleged intent was to grant equal rights to all men, it actually protected the rights and interests of property owners over those of the common man. While The Declaration did replace France’s government had been founded on the divine right of kings, arguments that this document was…

Acadia was unmistakably a separate colony of New France, developing their own variant of the French language and traditions. The Acadians were the descendants of the 17th century colonists of Port Royal (present day Annapolis Royal). Tribulations of warfare by the French and British resulted in the tragic Grand Derangement. Expelled because of reasons by the British, dispersed throughout the British settlements, and the effect it had on the Acadian people and the history of Nova Scotia is…

Everyone deserves protection during a democratic revolution, not just revolutionaries. During the French Revolution, in 1789, revolutionaries wanted to make a new government based on freedom of the people. In 1793, Maximilien Robespierre; National Convention; Committee of public safety wanted to scare people into supporting the new Republic. The revolutionaries killed the counter revolutionaries with the guillotine, about 35,000-40,000 people were murdered this way. The Reign of Terror was not…

A quick stop to the Five Guys, in Winter Garden Village, during rush hour is interesting but rewarding. The smell of the peanuts and beef hits my nose as soon as I had entered and I crave their food even more. As I enter the restaurant, I am first met with a stack of white bags filled with Idaho potatoes right in front of the door. To get to the cash register I turn to the right to go around the potato sacks to the bright red counter. As I pass the potatoes I see news clippings on the wall of…

The enlightenment consisted of key concepts shared by the most influential philosophers of its time, while also being found in major works that carry on through centuries to come. These conceptions consisted of reason, nature, happiness, progress, liberty, and toleration that make up the four broader categories of the eighteenth century. The major concepts of the Enlightenment were individualism, relativism, empiricism, and rationalism. First, the defining of “ism” gives great insight into the…

Women, like other groups such as the lower class, middle class and the different races had a large and significant effect in the occurrences of French Revolution. Women’s presence in multiple small revolutions before and after the year 1789 and long after the revolution had taken place are considered major aspects of the participation of the French Revolution. However, the ‘March to Versailles’ and the signing of ‘The Declaration of the Rights of the Man’ is thought of as the most significant…

Prior to understanding the present economic situation in Haiti, it is essential to understand Haiti’s colonial history. Under French rule in the 1700’s, Haiti was one of the most profitable colonies in the western hemisphere and represented a large amount of France’s economy. Farmer (2004), mentions “the current crisis in Haiti, is impacted from the overall history in the 18th century, it became France’s most valuable colonial possession, and one of the most brutally efficient slave colonies.”…