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    LV & UV GCSE French Oral Examination Questions for Speaking There are four broad areas of questions for the general conversation section of the oral examination. These are listed below: 1. Lifestyle 2. Leisure 3. Home and environment 4. Work and education Amusez-vous bien et bon courage! Lifestyle Health 1. Qu’est-ce que tu aimes manger et boire? (State what you like to eat & drink & why‚ mention things you don’t like to eat & drink & why‚ what did you eat & drink

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    University of Baghdad College of Education (Ibn-Rushd) English Department French Revolution in Wordsworth poetry A research paper presented by M. A. student Othman A. Marzouq to Dr. Saad Najim . 2014 The French Revolution in Wordsworth poetry The impact of the French Revolution upon English poets‚ and especially Wordsworth‚ is well known. Wordsworth’s Prelude ‚ which was begun in 1798 appeared only after Wordsworth’s death‚ is an account not only of a poet’s coming of age

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    The French Revolution changed the world. France indeed would not have been the way it is now if its revolutionary actions were not taken. To understand the revolution and why it came to be‚ we must examine the events leading to it‚ and the conditions of its people. Prerevolutionary France was under the leadership of Louis XVI (reigned 1643 to 1715) in a form of government known as an absolute monarchy. All power is given to the king. They exhibit the right to make laws and to enforce them‚ the

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    that grew popularity at the time. Famously‚ Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were included under the list as these were important figures that were deeply involved in French revolutions. Despite this tragedy‚ this event is often times considered a momentous occasion in French history as it exemplifies the claim that this became the turning point for the outspoken France citizens. In order to acknowledge components of the French Revolution‚ it is essential to recognize the involvements of previous revolutionary

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    The English Settle America The Pilgrims were not the first group of English people to live in America. The first group came in 1585‚ but their colony failed. They cam e for three reasons‚ to get rich‚ freedom of religion‚ and many people came because they wanted a better life. In 1607 the English started Jamestown in America. This town was in the Virginia colony. The English came to Jamestown to find gold and get rich. But they never found any. At first the Jamestown settlers didn’t want to grow

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    Chapter III: Eighteenth Century English Literature LITERATURE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT (18th century) The 17th century was one of the most stormy periods of English history. The growing contradictions between the new class‚ the bourgeoisie‚ and the old forces of feudalism brought about the English Bourgeois Revolution in the 1640s. As a result of the revolution the king was dethroned and beheaded and England was proclaimed a republic. Though very soon monarchy was restored‚ the position of

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    The lasting negative impact of the Spanish Conquests in Central America The dictionary defines genocide as the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national‚ racial‚ political‚ or cultural group. Genocide is a strong word and a word not used lightly‚ it is a word that can only describe some events. It is also something that defines the Spanish Conquest exactly. These conquests started in 1492‚ when Christopher Columbus made landfall in Central America with the new discovery of transatlantic

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    What were the similarities and differences in the founding of the northern and southern English colonies? The major similarity of the founding of each colony was the reasoning the people were coming over in the first place. They were all looking for better lives economically. The differences were the northern colonies were mainly looking for freedom politically and religiously. The southern colonies were just looking for an all-around better scale of life. The people from the southern colonies came

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    Despite Brits armed services and naval victories‚ by 1760‚ the British were staggering unDelaware r a departure as the national debt. The war minister‚ William Pitt‚ was driven out of office in 1761 by the new king‚ George III‚ and peace negotiations began. The first minister of the French administration‚ the Duc de Choiseul‚ was determined to regain the valuable sugar Colony of Martinique and Guadeloupe‚ and to retain a Qaeda for the Grand Banks fisheries. He also wanted Cape Breton but had to settle

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    Religion had a bigger influence on English colonization in North America than economic and in that way America came closer to a nation. British colonies wanted the Indians to change into Protestant Christianity which was a worry for the Church. When the colonies became stronger‚ more people in Britain began to move to America. The survival factors of American was the Great Awakening Religion was really important to English colonies. That is why different groups‚ the Puritans and colonists in New

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