French New Wave

The differences between the three primary forms of government, oligarchy, tyranny, and democracy are as follows: oligarchy is governmental rule being in the hands of a small group of men who belonged to wealthy families. This form of leadership could be found in the city-state of Sparta where its citizens were known for their military self-discipline. There were three parts that made up Spartan oligarchy: military chiefs who were assigned as the state’s religious leaders and generals of its army…

John F. Kennedy once said, “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” During the 1700s, Toussaint L’Ouverture and Napoleon Bonaparte lead violent revolutions that propagated many changes that perpetually impacted the world. Despite the many differences between them, the similarities they shared were salient. Furthermore, both leaders held mass revolts and violent riots, demanded equality among their people, and destroyed their former government. Due…

differences; and the French language. The First Nations people, too, have encountered a great deal of conflict and hardship in the formation of their identity. The following paper will identify similarities and differences between the formation of Quebec's national identity with that of First Nations peoples. Demographically until about 1830, the French Canadians were in the majority. However, around the 1840's, elites began to realize a gap had developed between standard French and the…

In the book The Great Gatsby, James Gatz was born into a poor life. His parents were farmers and barely making ends meet. James never believed that lifestyle was meant for him so he joined the army at the age of 17. In the army, James experienced a new life. No one knew his name or the background where he came from. This created an alternate lifestyle where he could rise above the social class and create…

France, this has been proven by the following arguments of Making himself absolute power, the Financial aspect of his heir, The Wars he had conducted. The common French people paid the government when we think about it, many of the kings and queens that ruled France knew this but still decided to act on such terms, making the life for the French…

power under the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte. "All in all, French armies wrought much suffering in Europe, but they also radically changed the lay of the land." (doc.3) ― J. Christopher Herold, The Age of Napoleon The Seven Years War was a conflict between many European powers, involving two major groups, Great Britain Prussia, Portugal, Hanover, and other small German states on one side. In the early 1750s French expansion into territories the British wanted…

The French Revolution had many causes for its occurrence including, but not limited to, their leader, unfair treatment of the estates, and poor living conditions of the lower class. This led the people to revolt and made life even more chaotic for the residents of France. Their government, an absolute monarchy, gave King Louis XVI the right to do whatever he wanted for the “well-being” of France. As explained in Document 1, “He ruled by the divine right theory which held that he had received…

The death of Henry II was the most significant event that started the French Wars of Religion. With his death, Francis II became the new king. Francis II was related to a devout Catholic family know as the Guises. The Guises were in critical positions in the monarchy. Those positions were the French Army and the Church. The Guises family learned of a plot by a rival Protestant family to remove Francis II from power. Leading the Protestant family was the Bourbon Duke of Conde. He was sentenced to…

Fast food was defined as cooked or ready-prepared foods brought at take away restaurants (MK, NP, & ML). Arguably, originally United States A&W in 1919 and White Castle in 1921 were the first fast food restaurant in the world (Fast food restaurant , 2014). Today, American founded fast food such as Mc Donald and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) are multinational corporation with branches around the world. Nowadays, fast food has become something that usually taken in daily life. In Asia, fast food…

Language is one of the most important component of civilization. The human race had evolved with time and so had language. Divided into different countries, races and ethnicity humans have innumerable languages all over the world and these languages are further divided into dialects. However, the English language has managed to make itself a global language. People from all over the world communicate through this language. When time evolves so does the language and it cannot be denied that this…