French Indochina

Every language has unique patterns, words and grammar structure, it is why while using google translator, it is more accurate to translate a single word rather then a paragraph. Another example would be idioms, which referring to phrase or word with native cultural understanding. For an American born and raise, the phrase “charley horse” usually referring to a muscle cramp in the leg. However to a foreigner or someone who didn’t grow up in a traditional American family, the phrase may be…

The era of enlightenment (1650-1800), is described as a time when citizens took a universal and scientific approach to history. In other words, it was an epoch during which history was discovered as an important discipline for humanity. During the nineteenth century, a Franco-German war led to the establishment of a new German Empire. When the empire became industrious, historical creation stories became significant for residents in generating a public image of the German state (Wilkerson). As a…

The Atlantic Revolutions and The Ukrainian Revolution: The French Revolution influenced the world for years. Its effects are still evident today. The recent “revolution” in Ukraine has shown many similarities to the French Revolution with a more modern twist, however. The ideas and desires are still largely similar, but there are differences in the social, cultural, and means of interaction in the Ukrainian Revolution. The French Revolution was one of the most unique revolutions of its time.…

will be evaluating in depth is Messali Hadj’s speech, “Fight against French Imperialism!” which was delivered in Algeria in 1928. The origin of this source is valuable because it was delivered by Messali Hadj, who was a well-known nationalist and co-founder of North Africa Star, one of the first Algerian nationalist organizations. Hadj, being one of the first people to create a platform to refute the statutes instituted by the French, would have been a fresh and new voice saying what Algerians…

D15-1070 On 07/24/15 at approximately 2108 hours, I, Officer Artaz responded to 119 Silver Street to assist Sergeant Kettle with his investigation of a domestic violence. This location is in the City limits of Delta. Upon arrival, we were escorted to the back yard of the residence, and shown a window that had been broken out. I observed the screen of the window lying on the ground and the frame of the screen was bent. The reporting party pointed to a Jeep that was parked in a vacant lot,…

October 2015 French Revolution In the course of time, humans have continuously overthrown their government because of its corruptions and excessive oppressions. The French revolution, one of the most important event in human history, paved the way for many other countries to the path for democracy. Although considered the most powerful country in Europe at the time of the revolution, France needed desperately to amend its policies and appease its enraged people. The reformers of the French…

Causes of the French revolution France 1780s; was at the brink of chaos, the people of the 3rd estate (people without noble/church stature) wanted change. During the time of the 1700 the nobles treated the third estate without respect. They taxed the third estate heavily. Also giving the third estate little to no privileges. The third estate did not consider fighting for their rights until they heard about the American Revolution and the ideas of enlightenment. However once hearing those…

For the slaves in Saint-Domingue, the most important result of the Haitian Revolution was becoming free citizens due to the slave uprising and the ideas and consequences of the French Revolution. Before the revolution took place, slaves had little to no rights. They were considered property, they had to work everyday, and their living conditions were horrible, causing the majority of them to die young. These inequalities fed a will to be free in the enslaved residents of Haiti. The majority of…

After weeks of the king’s execution, external and internal France wars started to grow. A civil war broke out between two opposing political groups; Girondins and the Jacobins and France was also at war with Austrians and Prussians. At this time the government was declared a Republic and so the Jacobins, led by Maximilien Robespierre, went around killing all who were opposed to the republic and all who were supposedly counterrevolutionary. From January 1793 to July 1794, France was governed by…

The French in America After leaning the exploration and some colonies in the U.S., I read the book A student’s History of the United States which is written by Edward Channing. I found that French is also one of the essential parts of the colonies in the US. The following essay will explain the process how French planted their colonies in America. Let’s start with the early French voyages. The leader of the first French expedition to America was Verrazano who was an Italian instead of a…