The region of Alsace-Lorraine has historically produced conflict between France and Germany. As a result of the Alsace-Lorraine provincial boundary changes, the people within the area had and still withhold individual national and cultural identities. These unique identities emanate from French, as well as German traditions. As time progressed so did the sentiment of the Alsatians. In 1871, when Prussia annexed Alsace-Lorraine, its citizens objected German rule. Conversely, in 1919 when France reclaimed the territory, the people in it began to yearn for the formally loathed German rule. The national and cultural identity of Alsace-Lorraine fluctuated inversely with its territorial modifications.
Initially, the Alsatians made their resistance of German control of their land evident. In response to the concession of Alsace, established in the Treaty Of Frankfurt (1871), Alsatian leaders presented a declaration to the French National Assembly. The proclamation declared that there had been numerous sacrifices made in the name of the French state by the Alsatians, and the least that F...
To summarize the book into a few paragraphs doesn't due it the justice it deserves. The beginning details of the French and Ind...
The French occupation is a confrontation between exported modernity and an old regime: the French revolutionaries and their dominance over the Ottoman social order that is markedly different in contrast; and, al-Jabarti reports on how it transfers cross-culturally. Levels of contestation, open and/or secretive acceptances give way to losses and gains driven by high emotion – even for this writer. He “describes very carefully every step in the negotiation of the organization of society, from administration to inheritance, from property to charity or from justice to deliberation.”
The French people were quick to blame the government for all the misfortune they possess, yet ignored the potential evil or crisis the social body was heading towards within themselves. Because of the rapid sequence of horrific events in the beginning of the French revolution, it prevented the subversive principles to be spread passes the frontiers of France, and the wars of conquest which succeeded them gave to the public mind a direction little favorable to revolutionary principles (2). French men have disgraced the religion by ‘attacking with a steady and systematic animosity, and all it is there that the weapon of ridicule has been used with the most ease and success (2). Metternich was not in support of the French
Casablanca’s setting exposes the hometown view points so the audience sympathize with Casablanca’s inhabitants. Casablanca’s majority wants to leave but must stay while under the German rule. Although Casablanca still claimed they were unoccupied France, it became obvious that they i...
Since British Settlers took control of Canada from the French, the needs of the remaining French Canadians, or Quebecois, have consequently been overlooked. Several events in Canadian History have resulted in heated feelings between French and English Canadians. Although the majority of English Canadians have tried to reconcile with the French by making numerous attempts to mend the relationship, questions relating to the needs of French Canadians still exists today. Various key sources indefinitely establish that the that the needs of French Canadians were not met, which will be proven through an in depth analysis of Quebecois Nationalism, Heritage Problems in Quebec, as well as impending acts of terrorism in Quebec.
In 1954, France?s fortress at Dien Bien Phu finally fell to Ho?s forces and France asked America to step in. An international conference in ...
Before 1954, Algeria was not considered to be a French colony - rather it was seen as an integral part of France. The region was composed of departments, like those of the mainland. There were over a million white French nationals living in Algeria at the time and around eight million Muslims.3 This was a greater proportion of French nationals than in the other major North African colonies of France - Morocco, and Tunisia.4 Although there were benefits to remaining with France, the colonial administration was heavily weighed against the Muslims - particularly with regards to voting rights. In 1936, for instance, the Popular Front Government of Blum introduced legislation to the Assembly proposing to extend French citizenship to over twenty thousand Algerian Muslims.5 The initiative failed when all the European mayors of Algerian towns resigned in protest.
As almost anyone with the slightest knowledge of European history can tell you, the French and the British do not like each other. Some French and British people still hate each other today for issues that occurred 100 of years ago. So on top of the conflict that is already present between France and Great Britain there is a new one in the pursuit of gaining more land and power for one’s cou...
...erated, antisemitism lived on and became ingrained in the French consciousness. World Jewry was stunned that such an affair could have occurred in France, the birthplace of liberty, equality, and fraternity, and the first country to emancipate its Jews. The fact that the public, including nobles and members of the clergy, saw Dreyfus, an assimilated Jew, as an outsider, suggested that assimilation was no longer a legitimate strategy to combat antisemitism.
Bonjour! I am deeply honored receiving this opportunity to be a part of the French Honors Society. I have been looking forward to this since my sophomore year. I believe this society does great things and I know I could play a part in furthering the impression it makes. I feel that I am qualified to be inducted into a society as prestigious as the Absegami High School French Honors Society.
The Declaration declares that all French citizens must be guaranteed their natural born rights of “liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.” In the Declaration, it disputes that there is a need for law that protects the citizens of Fra...
The essay is taking us back to the Early Modern Period of France, initiated from the 1550s to the Revolution that gave its head ups in 1780s-1804.This is based on Nantais is in Western France. As per the author, the call for separation of a property when brought to a legal court sought much attention of the petitioners, judges, witnesses, and outsiders in a marital matter of a couple. This, however, is quite harsh on a men's side as this form the expectations of how a marital status should be like. The petition must only be provided to a woman if he genuinely faces severe physical abuse by the spouse or deadly threats. Moreover, there was evidence of Provost's court giving separation right were nearly impossible in the early modern era.
"And then I realized adventures are the best way to learn" (Unknown). The best life lessons a person learns are learned while doing worthwhile experiences. One can learn out of a textbook itself, but the truly rewarding knowledge is learned by living life. The Pyrenees Mountain range is an uplifting way one can learn about the world around them. The Pyrenees Mountain Range is the ideal example of untouched nature and history far beyond the textbook. Come see the valley villages nestled between the beautiful, emerald-green mountains while viewing the teachings of the past and history in the making. This majestic mountain chain extends "21,380 miles squared between France and Spain, a formidable barrier between the Iberian
...r of superiority and resentment. Obviously you cannot judge every French person based on this common sentiment, as everyone is different, but it definitely a prominent dilemma the French are facing.
German-Austria must return to the great German mother country, and not because of any economic considerations. No, and again no: even if such a union were unimportant from an economic point of view; yes, even if it were harmful, it must nevertheless take place. One blood demands one Reich. Never will the German nation possess the moral right to engage in colonial politics until, at least, it embraces its own sons within a single state. Only when the Reich borders include the very last German, but can no longer guarantee his daily bread, will the moral right to acquire foreign soil arise from the distress of our own people. Their sword will become our plow, and from the tears of war the daily bread of future generations will grow. And so this little city on the border seems to me the symbol of a great mission. And in another respect as well, it looms as an admonition to the present day. More than a hundred years ago, this insignificant place had the distinction of being immortalized in the annals at least of German history, for it was the scene of a tragic catastrophe which gripped the entire German nation. At the time of our fatherland's deepest humiliation, Johannes Palm of Nuremberg, burgher, bookseller, uncompromising nationalist and French hater, died there for the Germany which he loved so passionately even in her misfortune. He had stubbornly refused to denounce his accomplices who were in fact his superiors. In thus he resembled Leo Schlageter. And like him, he was denounced to the French by a representative of his government An Augsburg police chief won this unenviable fame, thus furnishing an example for our modern German officials in Herr Severing's Reich.