French Quarter

Invented in the late 1700s, the guillotine was a gruesome, yet humane method of execution. As you can imagine, designing a guillotine, which would work effectively on all ages, heights, and weights was difficult at first. Originally, beheadings were done with an axe. Some early forms of guillotines were created using an axe. However, those designs never caught on. Finally, a perfected guillotine was created, and took its place “ahead” of the competition. Measuring in at about 4 meters tall…

Proceeding the French Revolution, the significant imbalance of power held a prominent role in French Society and incited the uprising of the third, commoner estate through the corruption it caused. Consequently, as the Enlightenment philosophies began to flourish, deconstruction arose as a key component of the French enlightenment ideals. Therefore, the French revolutionaries pursued not an initiative of chaos, but the purposeful goal of deconstructing the corrupt centralized structures of…

Montreal is a city that has special meeting space that various peoples among different cultures, religious backgrounds, ethnicities and languages can encounter. Specifically, Montreal is a perfect historical city that illustrates Mary Louis Pratt’s concept of a contact zone. The contact zone is where social spaces (i.e. cities) is in contact with two or more cultures that could clash and interact with each other through ideas, identity, class, culture and politics. The historical context can be…

In the fall of 1789, many women of diverse social statues marched twelve miles to King Louis XVI’s residence, the Palace of Versailles. Initially, the women marched to ensure a consistent supply of bread at a fair price, but soon the protest took on new meaning, as they had heard of the royal guard dishonoring the tri-color cocade, showing their antipathy for the Third Estate. The ideas of those involved in the march are the very definition of revolution, and the actions of those involved helped…

According to Ferry, what recent developments in world trade have made it urgent for France to have colonies? Jules Ferry is a French stateman of the early third party who is remembered for championing laws that removed Catholic influence from most education in France. Jules promoted a vast extension of the French colonial empire. Jules ferry believed that France should imperialize other counties. Jules Ferry also believed that imperializing other countries would help improve France by providing…

Have you ever had maple syrup in the morning, with your either pancakes or waffles? Well if you have had maple syrup on anything, have you ever thought where it comes from? It comes from sap and that's what I am writing about. I picked this subject because I have always wondered where maple syrup came from. I will be writing about: what is sap, what are its uses, and why do trees produce sap. Sap is the fluid that gets carried through the xylem cells of a tree. Another name for sap,…

French fries, Hash browns, Vodka, these are just some of the fantastic uses for potatoes. The Potato is a fantastic starch and a very versatile vegetable. Where did they come from? Where are they Grown? How do we store and eat them? These are just some topics I will be discussing in this paper. Staring with the history we will find where and when the first potatoes had been farmed and cultivated. The history of the potato begins in the high Andes Mountains of South America at elevations often…

. TIMELINE OF VIETNAM WAR During 1880, Vietnam is rule by the French for few decades. Then in 1940, Japan started to invade Indochina. Indochina countries are Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. But in the year of 1945, Japan was defeated by the World War II allies and starting in 1946, the Indochina war has begun. Not only that, in 1946 also, France recognize Vietnam as a free state within French Union. A negotiation between the French and Vietminh are held but the negotiation breakdown when the…

is the world’s largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, generating $40 billion annually. They serve approximately 69 million customers in 119 countries in 6 continents. McDonald’s mainly serves cheeseburgers, hamburgers, breakfast items, French fries, various types of chicken, milkshakes, soft drinks, and desserts. McDonald’s logo was created in 1962 by Jim Schindler. It has proven itself to be a distinguishing mark of the multinational business expansion. McDonald’s logo is recognized…

Annotated Bibliography Secondary Sources Andress, David. The French Revolution and the People. London: Hambledon and London, 2004. Andress?s publication provides the perspective of the people and the revolution. In a three-pronged review of the influences of the French revolution, the history of the people, the documentation by the philosophers, and the history of the monarchs are equally important. Birmingham, David. Switzerland: A Village History. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire:…