French Resistance

Assembly drafted the French Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789. In one line of the document it decrees, “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights”. Symbolically, this line is the first article presented conveying the most important right that Louis XVI denied them. The National Assembly’s desired to follow Enlightenment thought so closely that the phrase “Men are born free” copies the first line of Rousseau’s Social Contract. Eugene Delacroix captured the ideals of the French…

The journal article that this essay will summarize and analyze will be The War of 1870-1: After Sedan by William O'Connor Morris, which was published in The English Historical Review in July 1889. This war that there are talking about is what the French and later the English would name the war we call the Franco-Prussian War. Morris begins his article by referencing the fact that they had previously chronicled another battle of the war previously, titled “The Campaign of the Sedan”. He admits…

century. The continual large-scale wars involved in empire building, produced devastating effects on the economy and social cohesion of the countries involved. In particular, the impact the Seven Years War and the American War of Independence had on the French economy created a volatile environment, setting off a sequence of events leading to the revolution. Spurred by the enlightenment ideals and the devastating effects of the financial crisis, representatives of the Third Estate challenged the…

Louis XVI- also known as Louis Capet, he was king of France and was forced to call a meeting of the Estates- General to raise new taxes. Tennis Court Oath- the oath that the deputies swore saying that they would continue to meet until they produced a French constitution. Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen- this charter of basic liberties began with a ringing affirmation of “the natural and imprescriptible…

insurmountable resistance from the First and Second Estate. Not wanting to lose their privileges, the other two bodies of this ancient society of orders fought viciously to protect themselves; however, a chain of events ended up dislodging their grip over the French people. The creation of the National Assembly, the storming of the Bastille and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen are three essential and extremely consequential events during the ‘moderate’ phase of the French…

Katelyn Baker 09-27-2014 Monday-Thursday 7:30-9:30 MRSA: Lori Popp’s Story I had the chance to listen to guest speaker Lori Popp talk about what happened to her after going through a bariatric operation and the complications that came with it. Her story really opened my eyes to what is happening in the world and health care settings. She taught me to be cautious because not every health care worker takes the proper precautions when working with their patients. This is how she acquired MRSA,…

Antibiotics How do you feel about antibiotics? Are they helpful or are they harmful, are they safe or are they dangerous? The current situation we are dealing with right now is should everyone have access to antibiotics in their homes. Today as of 2016 “antibiotics are life-saving drugs” (Dryden, M) but can be harmful if we don’t use them correctly. “Everyone prescribing antibiotics should consider both their clinical and public health responsibilities” (Dryden, M) because antibiotics…

Imagine you have just received your very first session of liposuction. You are smiling, wearing belly shirts and prouder than ever of your new, slim figure. But suddenly you wake up one morning and far from looking like the cover of People magazine, your stomach seems red, swollen and is warm to the touch near the sites where your liposuction occurred. Remembering the doctor said something about side effects, you shrug it off and assume it will go away on its own. As the days…

consumption is increasing globally, with 20-50% estimated to be inappropriate” (Memish). This means that up to half of all prescriptions for antibiotics are written for essentially no reason. While bacteria will inevitably develop or increase their resistance to antibiotics, patient compliance is also a contributing factor. When antibiotics are prescribed, it is expected that the patient will take all of the medication in the indicated time frame, and on a regular basis. This is to ensure that…

Antibiotic Resistance Don’t take any antibiotic medicine if you haven’t read this essay. When taking antibiotics, compliance and consistency are two important words to keep in mind. What problems occur if the doctor’s prescription isn’t fulfilled? Taking antibiotics in a flawed manner could lead to antibiotic resistance . It occurs when bacterias adapt ways: or change, in order to survive from an antibiotic drug (Antibiotic Resistance 2014). An example of this situation is how a strain of…