French Indochina

teacher and locals, but still managed to bare threw it. David Sedaris was able to capture his first-hand experience and articulate that into a short essay for anyone looking to be as brave as he was and put himself in an uncomfortable situation to learn French. The audience would benefit because David Sedaris talks about the nitty gritty. He explains how although it was a dream come true for him, it was not rainbows and butterflies. He talks about the pros as…

The French Revolution, one of the most chaotic, cataclysmic, and gory events in history became to be known as one that would tear apart the stained fabrics of France and inspire others nations to be independent. Why? Because the hungry, needy voices of the Third Estate echoed throughout France; voices that could not be neglected for long. It all began with the indecisive, pompous King Louis XVI and his Austrian wife Marie Antoinette. Succeeding his grandfather’s rule, which had run up extreme…

Railroad to strengthen their railroad control, of which was already successful. By 1914, France had experienced immense economic growth, giving them better positioning leading up to World War I. This forty-four year gap also brought large changes to the French government. Before 1870, France was a monarchy. However, the monarchy was challenged by republicans, making most of the political change due to the monarch versus republican split. France faced new political parties, including socialists,…

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Justice and vengeance have slight differences, making them easy to confuse. In Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities, the French Revolution starts in the name of justice but progresses into a hunt for vengeance. The peasants set the Evrémonde chateau on fire because they hate French nobles: “Soon, from the score of the great windows, flames burst forth, and the stone faces awaken, started out of fire” (Dickens 238). This hate blinds the poor into taking their anger out the Evrémondes'…

that got overthrown. Marie-Antoinette was Austrian; therefore the Austrians were more than displeased with the new rule. Prussia and Austria allied with France’s foreign enemy to revolt against the Republic and called themselves the émigrés. The French, however, fought back and by 1793, the foreign threat ended (Doc C). If the émigrés had the proper resources and were a larger group, they would have overthrown the government. This could be seen as…

While neither Alexis De Tocqueville, nor Simon Schama, nor Jackson J. Spielvogel’s methodologies create a perfect history of the French Revolution, all provide essential insight into understanding the era. Each of these three historians write extensive volumes investigating the Revolution, yet they contain their own specific flaws and strengths. Literature shapes our historical understanding. A competent and tenacious author writes his history to his audience. Understanding his reader allows…

If the Republic had been crushed in 1795, I think, Europe would have been for the worse. The liberal ideas of the French Revolution didn't have the time in 1795 to spread and benefit the world. As well, France would still have been racked with the instability of Jacobins, Vendeeans, Royalists, the Directory, it was a mess. As well we cannot ignore the significance of…

With the invention of the Guillotine, the French Revolution takes a bloody turn as the peasants seek revenge on the aristocracy, blaming the entire race of nobles for the suffering and mistreatment of the common people. Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens captures the transition of power from the nobles to the peasants through the course of the novel. The suffering, desperation, and anger inside of the peasants is released first in the Storming of the Bastille in retaliation to the power of…

Weekly Journal Entry #8 In a speech about French colonial expansion, Jules Ferry strongly encourages the French to colonize territories such as those in Africa in order to gain all their raw materials in order to help keep France as one of the world powers and not let it fall behind the other European countries and the U.S. One thing that I noticed while reading Ferry’s speech was how similar he sounded to one of our earlier readings in the semester by St. Francis Xavier when he claimed that…