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    and influential time for French history, with the uprising of the French Revolution, the divine-right of kings, and the utter lavishness of the Palace Versailles. There was extreme political tension between Louis XIV and the people, which caused caused great social turmoil. Louis XIV, also known as the "Sun King", was both a successful ruler, while simultaneously a rather arrogant one. While the French Revolution was taking place, Louis XIV was targeted amongst the French people due to his…

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    A Macdonald and George-Ethienne. The confederation was a good thing because they had the right to use French or English in Parliaments. But unfortunately the bilingual was not working together in Canada since the Regulation 17 enacted. That made Quebec aware that they…

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    debated over Marie Antoinette the last Dauphin of France’s liability in the ignition of the French Revolution. The debate gyres around whether Marie Antoinette was responsible for the Revolution or as to whether there were other factors if not even more significant which contributed to the end of the Bourbon Dynasty. The following essay will be investigating the extent of Marie Antoinette’s liability within the French Revolution and identify as to whether the Dauphin was at fault, or not.…

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    Multicultural Struggles Being an immigrant or a multicultural race was often a struggle for many people. Sometimes, immigrants were treated very unfairly. Also, it was hard for immigrants to even start a life in America. Immigrants have to go through a lot of steps to be a citizen and start their life over here. Most times, multicultural people face many obstacles such as learning the language, education, and racism. Education, on the other hand, could also be a positive when coming to America.…

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    Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser exposes the evolution of the fast food industries and the dangers and the negative ways in which it boomed. The first chapter, The American Way reveals the progressiveness of some fast food founders such as Ray Kroc. As the fast food industry grew and evolved, the way meals were served and made changed as well. The fast food restaurants started out having neon signs to attract customers cruising by on the roads and had waitresses known as carhops serve the food…

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    1- In the article “the nomads of language” the author Ariel Dorfman claims that people from Colombian villages took their ancestors’ bones as a reminder of their history and to remain connected to the people who generated them. Until now people when they migrate, they could take their family pictures with them. According to Dorfman, not all people carry their ancestors’ bones to the new land, but all of them carry their own language to the migrant country. Language conveys people’s history,…

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    system that governed the people of France prior to the French Revolution was termed the Ancien Regime after it was abolished. According to Sewell (1985, p. 62), the Ancien Regime was developed using a number of ideologies from different historical periods. In particular, it combined feudal, Catholic, constitutional,…

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    Being raised by a single parent, I feel my expectations are more extreme in my relationships compared to a person who was raised in a two-parent household. My mom taught me to never count on anyone, let alone a man to get things done. Growing up without a male figure in our house me and my sister learned how to do things a man would normally do; I know very sexist of me. Our mother expected so much from us it was hard to differentiate our roles from what a woman should do and what a man should…

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    demolition of thousands of plantations and the execution of thousands of whites and blacks. Once the Haitian government was defeated, equality was restored. Similarly, Bonaparte made several attempts to destroy the French economy and restore equality amongst the social classes. The French government was in massive amounts of debt, hence the reason why the taxes were so high for the peasants. Fortunately, King Louis XVI was executed and Bonaparte was elected as president. The fearless leader,…

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    Keys To Use Foreign Language Like Mother Language Life is more and more development , it requires people have to advance their knowledge. Language is also one of the important things that people should learn more. Some think that it is hard to use the foreign language like mother language. However, it will be easy if you know the keys to studying it. There are some ways to help people improve their foreign language such as identify motivation language learning, speaking more with a native…

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