18th And 20th Century Positive Changes

rance, though often overshadowed by the likes of England and other European countries, underwent many huge changes between the 18th and 20th centuries. Wars broke out and were resolved, Enlightenment took hold and brought a wave of revolution, and industrialization swept across France just as it did to other nations. Like most other parts of the world, the population grew, and the land evolved with the change of the decades and then the centuries. France saw many of both negative and positive changes during this span of time. The first event of this time period was the French and Indian War, which was a conflict between French colonists and England. The war got its name due to the fact that Native Americans, also known as the Indians, were allied with France during this time. The war broke out due to skirmishes over territory, and first peaked French forces defeated Lieutenant Colonel George Washington in the year of 1754. This was the war officially began. The French proved to be more powerful at first, but the clashes between the French

Unlike most of the other European countries, France had a slower and steadier transition into modernization. The Industrial Revolution was less of a revolution for the French than it was for other nations, as they had less resources and stayed in a less modernized state than other European countries, such as England, did. There were fewer factories in France than elsewhere, and much of the industrialized tools and work methods in the country were simply being used for commercialized agriculture. The only truly major aspect of change was the addition of railways to the land. France benefited from this partial stagnation, however, because its small businesses still managed to thrive, and its artisans and craftsmen were still appreciated. In most other modernized countries, such individual labor was becoming