National Assembly of France

I. Introduction From World War I to shortly after World War II, the Western world created numerous significant treaties and agreements including the Treaty of Versailles, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, and The Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, otherwise known as the Geneva Protocol. However, the Geneva Protocol is one of the most comprehensive and arguably successful agreements to come from the time…

has played an active role in promoting UN interests. While the goals of the UN are noble from a moral perspective, the existence of a global authority has significant implications on national sovereignty, the right of the state to rule autonomously and independently. The conventions signed within the UN General Assembly (UNGA) have no legal standing in a nation’s law unless ratified into legislation regardless of any binding agreements. Despite this, coordinated…

On December 29, 1940, the thirty-second President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, delivered a speech via radio entitled "The Great Arsenal of Democracy." The announcement was made a year before the Attack on Pearl Harbor, at a time when Germany had occupied much of Europe and threatened Britain. This speech 's purpose was to promise of the United States ' indirect support of the countries fighting for democracy and freedom in the Second World War, like Britain, against the Nazis…

the ladies from their pianoforte or embroidery. The gentlemen continued their billiards or backgammon without suffering her presence to interrupt them’. While Marie Antoinette was in residence at her Trianon she no longer played the part of Queen of France but instead lived as she innocently stated ‘like a private person’. Madame Campan also recalled the informal dress code of the Queen and her ladies, as she stated ’a white gown, a gauze kerchief, and a straw hat were the uniform dress of the…

These clubs distorted the true meaning of a republic. A true republic is a government chosen by the people to protect and represent the people. The form of government that was created by the Jacobin Club and various Conventions and Assemblies were anything but that. The new Republic was extremely intolerant of other opinions. Later on they would become oppressive and violent. Corresponding to other players in the French Revolution the republicans started out as a brave group of freedom…

The American and French revolutions were sparked from ideas stemming from the era of Enlightenment. This Enlightenment era was revolutionized by new theories of which government and citizens should work. These ideas stemming from philosophers like John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Rousseau and Montesquieu motivated the American and French Revolutions. For the general purpose of this paper, let us compare and contrast the causes of the American and French Revolutions and how these causes reflected in…

president of Spanish National Honors Society. Along with my leadership positions in the clubs already listed, I am an active member of National Honors Society, Beta Club, Young American Democrats Club, Women 's Empowerment Club, Spanish Club, and Backpacking Club. Through hosting and planning weekly meetings, organizing…

There are different types of freedom, some for example are freedom of conscience, to achieve a coherent and balanced life from the inside; Freedom of expression, in order to disseminate ideas and promote open debate and discussion; Freedom of assembly as a guarantee to associate with those who share ideals and work for them; Freedom to choose responsibly and peacefully to the rulers, among others. After this brief analysis of the concept of freedom, we see what it encompasses and what it means,…

definitive part in overcoming Germany. That participation in the unmistakable theater would give Wilson a bigger part and more noteworthy influence in choosing the peace that took after. Consequently it would be on the war zones and in the trenches of France that the U.S. Armed force would battle in 1917 and…

which included Britain, France, Russia, and the United States, battled the Central Powers, which consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. On November 11, 1918, Germany signed an armistice with the…