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    The French and Indian War

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    The French and Indian War Like the Great Awakening‚ the struggle between England and France for New World empires also helped prepare the colonists for independence. While the English esablished colonies on the Atlantic seaboard‚ the French built a profitable fur trade with the Indians farther inland. As French colonists moving south from Canada met English colonists moving west of the Appalachians‚ the two groups lashed in the Ohio Valley. The conflict stemmed from rivalry over territory‚ fur

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    Immanuel Kant said the Enlightenment is described as "a man’s release from his self-incurred tutelage. Tulage s man’s inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another." The Enlightenment was a movement of intellectual thinkers who believed that science could clarify everything in society and nature. Enlightenment thinkers during this period began to seek rational thoughts to figure out and understand nature and also to guide the human existence. The Enlightenment glorified

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    reforms after the French and Indian War After the great war of the French and the Indians‚ Britain became the controlling authority in America‚ this came in the grimes of resentment and dissatisfaction from the other colonists. The British increased taxes demanded from the American colonists in which the previous taxation systems were lower than those demanded from mainland English citizens. The revenue coming from taxation was used to pay for their defense. Moreover‚ the fund contributions from American

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    decade‚ and in thought for a century. Napoleon was born on 15 August 1769 in Ajaccio‚ Corsica‚ on August 15th 1769 to Carlo Bonaparte‚ a lawyer and political opportunist‚ and his wife‚ Marie-Letizia. The Bonaparte’s were a wealthy family from the Corsican nobility‚ although when compared to the great aristocracies of France Napoleon’s kin were poor and pretentious. A combination of Carlo’s social climbing‚ Letizia’s adultery with the Comte de Marbeuf - Corsica’s French military governor - and Napoleon’s

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    is hello‚ but in French‚ we need to say “bonjour”. Secondly‚ I want to show you a catalogue which I will mention‚ including geographic region‚ historic information‚ popularity‚ alphabet&symbols‚ character systems‚ features‚ development‚ culture‚ economy‚ preservation and solutions/suggestions. Thirdly‚ let us watch a movie. In fact‚ it’s a famous romantic film “angle loves beauty” in France. Next‚ look at this map‚ more exactly‚ it describes that how many people speak French around the world.

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    The Enlightenment of the seventeenth and eighteenth century was a movement made international that was in opposition of religious dogmatism and fanaticism. The Enlightenment had given opportunity for scientific thinking‚ independent from the influences of religion. At its core was the idea of looking to nature and the natural order for deriving knowledge. As a defence against religious conflicts in Europe‚ Enlightenment thinkers supported concepts of religious tolerance and freedom. Their stress

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    of Napoleons efforts were in vein as he restored an abolished monarchy‚ abolished most newly gained women’s rights‚ and made peace with the Catholic Church. But he also helped the revolutionaries in many ways. Napoleon overall did more to help the efforts of the French Revolution than he did to negate the revolutions social and political reforms. In1792 when a crowd of Parisians stormed the Tuileries and slaughtered the kings’ guards France was a very troubled state. After grain prices quadrupled

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    experience of the FrenchSpanish and English in colonizing New World‚ What common perception of the region did they share? Discuss difference in their relationship with Native Americans. The history of colonial North America centers primarily on the struggle of England‚ Spanish‚ and France to gain control of the continent. Settlers crossed the Atlantic for different reasons‚ and their governments took different approaches to their colonizing efforts. These differences created both advantages and disadvantages

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    Henry H How did international events of the eighteenth century affect the French Revolution? The effects of the French Revolution were vast and far reaching. The overthrowing of the monarchy quickly dealt a near fatal blow to the old feudal and monarchic system that had controlled Europe for centuries (Jörgensen‚ C). The Revolution got rid of serfdom and federal dues peasants previously had to pay to kings (Jörgensen‚ C). Outside of Europe‚ in South America‚ the spanish colonies saw a weakened

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    The French and Indian war‚ also known as the seven years’ war‚ was from 1756 to 1763. This war changed the relationship between the American colonies and Britain and America as a whole. The war changed the U.S economically‚ politically‚ and ideologically by changing the way our government is set up‚ the way our economy has prospered‚ and the resentment towards the British. The British demolished the French which caused the boundaries throughout the eastern coastline to change. (DOC A). As a result

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