Tour de France

Vendemiaire, and his success was rewarded by being made commander of Italy. After many campaigns and victories Napoleon showed that he didn’t need technological advances to win, but was able to use his superior strategies. He was made First Consul of France in 1799 and by 1811 made a great empire, the Napoleonic Empire. (“Napoleon”) Then Napoleon marched his army of 500,000 men into Moscow, Russia and only came back with Wanta 2 20,000, while also losing his empire. (Kroll) “Explanations for…

recently urged the king and demanded that the common people had more of a say in the French government. They were anxious that he was preparing the troops for an attack. In order to get weapons, armor, and other supplies, they took over Paris’s Hotel des Invalides, where they were able to obtain muskets. Unfortunately, they didn't have any gun powder. There were rumors that the Bastille was full of political prisoners and was a symbol of the brutality of the king. It…

go to France? Try all the delicious foods see all the amazing sights. I’m going to tell you all about it. First I’m going to tell you about the geography of France. France is the largest country in western Europe. It is made up of high mountain ranges that separate it from Spain, Italy, and Switzerland. And it’s a large flat plain with several rivers. The rivers were mostly navigable (maneuverable or crossable) and they are also wide and deep enough to for ships to pass through. Most of France…

of Warsaw and later by the Allied forces in Berlin, was not realized and French troops loyal to the resistance fought off German forces and reclaimed the city without the use of urban warfare. On the same day that Paris was liberated General Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French resistance movement and the future President of the Fourth French Republic, addressed the newly freed nation for the first time: Why do you wish us to hide the emotion which seizes us all, men and women, who are…

The Democracy of France France has had a tumultuous political history. From the reigns of absolute monarchs, that led to French Revolution to the empire of Napoleon Bonaparte. Today, France is a democratic parliamentary republic called the Fifth Republic. France generally is a well-to do country, but it is currently having issues. Economic concerns, like lack of growth and unemployment, have shook the country. Other issues, like terrorism, have left citizens afraid and unprotected by their…

colonists declared war on Britain in 1776, they promoted “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (Declaration of Independence par. 2).” When the citizens of France and the Third Estate became weary of the tyranny and despotism of King Louis XVI, they revolted in an attempt to gain freedom and stabilize the shattered government of France based on the same ideas as the colonists. However, what started as an attempt to earn their liberty, ended with a massacre of the bourgeoisie…

Napoleon returned to Corsica with his family, but found opposition in his involvement in Corsican politics3. After his exile from Corsica for unpopular politics, Napoleon took widowed mother and siblings back to France, where he continued with the French army. Commanding as an alterity officer, Napoleon 's first victory was during the Siege of Toulon4 in 1793. Already notorious for his leadership skills and military potential at 26, Napoleon took the place of the…

Rafaella Espin Mrs. Baker IB English HL- Period 2 11 January 2015 Anna Karenina Scavenger Hunt The French Language Tolstoy incorporates the use of French language in Anna Karenina in many ways for various reasons. Throughout the entire novel, many of the protagonists state random words or phrases in French. Tolstoy particularly starts this trend at the beginning of the novel to establish the character’s social status and educated background. The establishment of supremacy throughout the…

The French Revolution, which began in 1789 in Paris, overthrew in France the monarchy and established a republic. This revolution swept across Europe and had a considerable impact on the rest of it. It engenders in its conquest an exercise in state making and responses were in majority positive for Europe’s intellectuals and politicians. Although some saw the arrival of this revolution movement with relief and excitement others did not. But what were the really impacts of this Revolution on the…

1789- The newly created National Assembly, which was mostly made up of the middle and lower classes of the Third Estate, was going to be shut down by the King, but N.A. declared that they would not disband until they had written a new constitution for France. This also became known as the Tennis Court Oath. July 14, 1789- A mob attacked the Bastille (prison) to free the seven prisoners, but to mostly gain weapons. August 26, 1789- Declaration of the right of man and of the citizen was now…