Famous French People Claude Monet (1840-1926) Monet was born on November 14‚ 1840 in Paris. He was the second son of Claude-Adolphe and Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet‚ both of them second-generation Parisians. In 1851‚ Monet entered the Le Havre secondary school of the arts. He first became known locally for his charcoal caricatures‚ which he would sell for ten to twenty francs. On the beaches of Normandy in about 1856/1857 he met fellow artist Eugène Boudin who became his mentor and taught him
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An Inquiry into the Unwisdom in Government Govern‚ a word all people want the power to use‚ but does anyone actually do the right thing. According to Barbara W. Tuchman in her essay "An Inquiry into the Persistence of Unwisdom in Government‚" the people in government make the wrong decisions by assessing situations incorrectly. In this essay Tuchman’s main purpose is to show the distortion of government. Tuchman first uses the example of the French War in which at one point all the soldiers were
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people have died for their beliefs. There are martyrs from all over the world‚ and they were not afraid to stand up for what they believed in‚ even if it meant losing their lives. Those people have gone down in history‚ and are respected by many. Joan of Arc was burned at the stake at the age of 19 for believing that her visions were from God. The English leaders tried to force her to deny that God had spoken to her‚ but she refused. She went down in history as a great martyr and she is still today
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outstanding madmen in the world‚ trying to move lethargic populations to better themselves‚ have been isolated in history. Ignatius de Loyola‚ founder of the Jesuits‚ has a career as fanatic and visionary as the mission of Don Quixote. St. Teresa‚ Joan of Arc‚ Martin Luther‚ Moses‚ and‚ above all‚ Jesus of Nazareth have lived and suffered and conquered by their quixotic visions. Against all the imposing odds of majority feeling strength of established institutions‚ belief in existing customs the quixotic
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European Explorations European exploration was promoted by factors economic‚ technologic‚ political‚ and religious in different ways. The Treaty of Lodi and the invasion in Italy was a political factor. Portugal’s quest to China and the Spice Islands was an economic factor. New weaponry and sailing aide that was being created was a technological factor. A religious factor was the insistence to Christianize the people. All these factors were promoted from about 1450 to about 1525. The Treaty
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When it came to asking the question‚ Did women have lives in the Renaissance? I think many are curious to know‚ what roles women had‚ and how their lives may have changed. Women of the Renaissance were denied every political right that was available‚ Men had political right‚ but unfortunately women were looked at as the housewife Women were defined in society by which class they were for example‚ upper class society or peasant class‚ this has to do with economic reasons‚ if a woman was from
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Starting in 1940‚ all men that were citizens of the United States between the ages of eighteen and sixty-four have been required to register for the military draft under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. The draft has been used as a backup system for the United States military until 1973‚ when the Vietnam War ended. With the Vietnam War and the use of the draft‚ many people started to question the effectiveness of the Selective Service System. However‚ despite this‚ all men have been
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The Middle Ages in Europe were characterized more by despair. The Middle Ages lasted from about 500 to 1500. It was a time of war and plunder‚ of hardship and suffering. The Middle Ages were dominated by diseases such as the Black Death‚ which decimated the population. There were also a lot of poverty‚ fear of Muslim invasion and wars such as the long Hundred Years’ war. A series of crisis including plague and war in the Later Middle Ages transformed European society. The Black Death also known as
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Chapter 11- Social Movements‚ Social Change‚ and Technology 1: The most basic manifest function of education is the transmission of knowledge. 2: Which of the following is NOT a latent function of education? bestowing status 3: Fifty years ago‚ a high school diploma was the minimum requirement for entry into the paid labor force of the United States. Today‚ a college diploma is virtually the bare minimum. This change reflects the process of credentialism. 4: Suppose that a school
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Utilitarianism was a movement that took off during the enlightenment at the end of the 18th century and through the beginning of the 19th century. The fact that this took off at the same time as the enlightenment is no coincidence‚ as that was when the general public began to lose trust in the church. Utilitarianism is the belief that the most correct action is always what serves the greatest good for the greatest number of people. This was revolutionary in its time because it goes against the major
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