Spain: There were three San Ildefonso treaties that ceded land back and forth between Spain and France. In the third and final San Ildefonso treaty‚ Spain ceded the Louisiana territory back to France due to Spain disregarding the territory as the result of the decline of the Spanish empire. France desired an American empire that would bring great power. This treaty was kept a secret between the two countries in fear of the British taking over the land. Spanish forces would leave the area unprotected
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Women’s Rights in France and the United State‚ 1848 According to the history Deroine was a prominent figure during the revolution of 1848‚ campaigned for the women’s rights‚ and against the exploitation of children and harsh treatment of convicts. Pauline Roland was an active in feminist‚ social agitation and the publications of “The Voix Des Femines”. She established association of socialist teachers‚ stressed the importance of equality of the sexes in an education and women stayed in the work force
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different cultures. France is a country full of diversity and a place I would feel honored to return to‚ in hopes of learning more from the culture they have to offer. Traveling to France I expected to be entranced by the grand architecture and art that had contributed to history‚ I was mistaken. I found the heart and soul of the nation in the people. I realized‚ after much travel‚ that it is the people and their culture continually that amaze me. After exploring France‚ I discovered the
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Did the Trojan War ever occur? This is a common question that cultivates debate among many historians around the world. Although some research and studies may display the war as a myth‚ stronger physical evidence proves otherwise. Through Heinrich Schliemann‚ an archaeologist‚ and other valued archaeologists‚ the work of a poet named Homer‚ who revealed the great mystery of the Trojan War‚ was discovered. Homer’s literary evidence‚ as well as linguistic and historic evidence from the Homeric Greek
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Analysis of the poem ‘Childhood’ by Frances Cornford I think that the message of the poem ‘Childhood’ by Frances Cornford is that no matter how old or young someone is their age will always control them. It’s about how children may believe that adults are all-powerful‚ but really they are just as helpless to time moving on. This meaning is communicated through a range of different techniques. Cornford uses imagery to show her negative views about old age. In the first part of the poem‚ she believed
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demonstrate how it can do so. This paper addresses the neglected human side of M&As by providing a strategic fit framework to assess the link between M&A strategy and HRM strategy. Because cross-border M&As are of an order of magnitude more complex than domestic mergers‚ we examine contingencies in national contexts that influence outcomes in the merger process. We draw on recent empirical evidence to highlight HRM roles in terms of resources‚ processes and values that reflect the influence of both strategic
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Kaitlyn Burst There were important long-term factors which help to explain why war broke out in 1939. One factor was the Versailles Treaty. It was important because the treaty contributed to the tensions between the countries. The Treaty of Versailles made war in Europe inevitable. Hitler hated the Treaty of Versailles for it reminded the Germans of their defeat in WW1. He believed it was unjust and he hated the Germans who signed it. The Treaty of Versailles had taken away their territory‚ for
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The Palace of Versailles As we begin to talk about the Palace at Versailles‚ one should be aware of the what architecture meant to the time that it was built‚ the History of the Chateau‚ the Main Palace Buildings and Rooms‚ and the purpose of the Palace of Versailles. The Palace of Versailles is located outside of Paris at Versailles‚ France‚ and was built in 1631 in the order of Louis XIII. It has served as the royal palace and numerous other purposes‚ which include it being a museum now in which
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The causes of the world war were 4; the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ Arms Race‚ Alliances and the Empire. I think that the most important cause is the Alliances‚ because if other countries didn’t start coming into Austria-Hungary’s war with Serbia‚ it wouldn’t have turned into a major war. The first link is from Box 3: ‘Countries wanted a big empire because they gave countries more power‚ money and prestige’‚ to Box 1: ‘Countries in Europe were competing over who had the biggest empire’
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The instability created by the First World War (1914-1918) proved to be not the end of a catastrophic international conflict; in fact‚ it marked the beginning of another also commonly known as the Second World War (1939-1945). World War II took the lives of about 17 million soldiers and an even greater number of civilians‚ who died due to bombings‚ starvation‚ and deliberate campaigns of mass murder. Additionally‚ this global war also ushered in the atomic age and was quickly followed by the collapse
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