Jacques Cartier was born on December 31‚ 1491 in St. Malo. St. Malo is an island seaport on the coast of Brittany. He grew up around the water‚ and was most likely fishing. Jacques spent very little time at home‚ as he was often sailing. In 1520‚ Cartier married Catherine Des Granches. They did not have any kids though. Cartier spoke Portuguese which leads us to think that he may have been on a portuguese ship that explored the coast of South America. Some claim that in 1532‚ Cartier was a master
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ballooning and science in such a way as Jacques Charles. He devoted his life to studying ballooning and in turn found a well-known scientific discovery. He was not always interested in the sport of ballooning or science‚ but he ended up discovering a way to change ballooning and science at the same time. Born November 12‚ 1746 in Beaugency France was a boy named Jacques Charles (Jacques). His nationality was French and his occupation was a physicist (“Jacques” Science). Charles began his professional
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Modernism and Post Modernism in Literature Modernism in Literature Literary Modernism has its origins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries‚ mainly in Europe and North America. Modernism is characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse. Modernists experimented with literary form and expression‚ adhering to the modernist maxim to "Make it new." The modernist literary movement was driven by a desire to overturn traditional modes of representation and express
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Jacques Cartier was a French explorer in the 1500’s. Cartier was commissioned by King Francis I of France in 1532 to explore the “New World”‚ and set out with two ships in 1535 in search of a “land where quantities of gold and other precious things are to be found” (“Jacques Cartier”‚ Gale). Cartier was a skilled navigator‚ and reached Newfoundland‚ Canada in 20 days. Being unfamiliar with the new waters‚ he kidnapped two native children‚ and used them to help him navigate. Though the Vikings and
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Jacques Cousteau spent much of his life in‚ on‚ and around the water and changed the way people see the other 71% of the world. A man who lived through World War II and did not run from it‚ but help with the war efforts; all the while continuing his study of the depths below. Inventing‚ publishing‚ and documenting‚ each step of the way to give him a world-wide status. While Cousteau was born on June‚ 11‚ 1910; his story significantly begun at age 26 (6 years after he joined the army to become an
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aboriginal communities today. I firmly believe that to solve the problem‚ we must fully realise it. I am inclined to believe that this is the land God gave to Cain. “ - Jacques Cartier. This quote from famed Canadian explorer Jacques Cartier explains his thoughts on the land found by him and his crew. It started in 1534‚ Jacques Cartier a french explorer took one small step for man and pushed the Canadian indigenous 50 steps back. Exploring the St. Lawrence river‚ Cartier set base. One year later
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The paintings of Jacques-Louis David illustrate the political and historical theme of fraternity and togetherness‚ a key ideal in the French Revolution. In 1784‚ Louvre‚ Paris‚ David painted Le Serment des Horaces‚ known in English as‚ Oath of the Horatii. This historical piece was depicted a Roman legend of 7th century BC‚ which involved a battle between the Romans and a nearby town of Alba. Instead of a full-scale war‚ the three Horatii brothers were chosen by the Romans to defeat the trio of brothers
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s philosophy of education known as "negative education" (Entwistle in Bayley‚ 89) describes many valid concepts which are still applied in today’s educational system. Although his philosophy is reasonable in terms of its ideas‚ his contradictions make it such that it would be difficult to apply realistically as pedagogy. Rousseau was a French philosopher of the eighteenth century‚ he argued that children should not be told what to learn‚ instead they should learn for themselves
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During the French Revolution‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau had inspired many revolutionists on either side‚ including one Robespierre‚ though he may not have entirely agreed with them. Rousseau’s idea of a perfect government centered around the idea that it acted as an intermediary between the people and the sovereign. This paper will discuss what Rousseau may have thought about what Robespierre did with his power as well as the French Revolution. Robespierre is known to have taken inspiration from
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“The Gestapo” by Jacques Delarue September first‚ 1939‚ Germany invades Poland using a series of advanced Blitzkrieg attacks‚ this marks the beginning of World War Two. Even before this date‚ Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Party began their long unnecessary attacks on the Untermensch‚ or undesirables‚ so they were called. The ultimate brainwashing campaign of Hitler and the German secret police‚ the Gestapo‚ led to a new development of hateful ideologies among the people; leading
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