Richard Adames The French and Indian war was a war that embarrassed the French‚ nearly bankrupted the British‚ screwed the Native American‚ and paved way to the American Revolution. The French and Indian war was named after the British opponents‚ the French and Indian even though Native Americans fought on both sides. Other names used for the war include The Seven Year war‚ the Fourth Intercolonial war‚ and the Great War for the Empire. The seven year war was a power struggle between Great Britain
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French Village and the Loyalists The division of Nova Scotia to create the province of New Brunswick in 1784 set forth a wave of migrating Loyalists to settle this new province. Many of them settled on the ruins of abandoned Acadian villages where many Acadians had settled their families. After the destruction of the “Pointe-Saint-Anne” village in the winter of 1759 by Lieutenant Moses Hazen and a group of rangers‚ where he was only able to capture three of its families‚ many of the Acadians
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Causes of the French Revolution There were many causes for the French Revolution‚ which started in 1789. However there were three main causes that affected the decision to have a revolution the most which were the weak economy‚ a bad harvest‚ and King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette. These were the main reasons that lead to the French Revolution because these events were the ones that affected France the most during 1789. The weak economy was one of the causes of the French Revolution because
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French Algeria is an African colony shaped by its rich history and strong Muslim majority. The French established this colony in 1827 as land to expand their growing population. Under French control‚ the native Algerian Muslims faced much discrimination and fell subject to colonist rule. As a result of this harsh rule and religious intolerance by the French‚ the Algerian natives declared war in order to gain their independence. One major area of discrimination by French colonists was in the government
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France was unaware of conditions in their African colonies. And the same can be said concerning French rule in Vietnam‚ where the French were equally oppressive. In the late nineteenth century‚ the French overthrew a feudal monarchy and fought long‚ extended military campaigns against resistance to their rule. Many of Vietnam’s educated elite opposed French rule and would not work for the French‚ but the French found a few opportunistic Vietnamese who would. In Vietnam‚ and elsewhere in Indochina‚ Frenchmen
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DBQ 10: Causes of the French Revolution Question: What were the most important causes of the French Revolution? Although the French Revolution of 1789 had many long range causes; political‚ social and economic conditions in France at the time contributed to the discontent felt by many French people. The Third estate was the most displease of all the others. They faced high taxes‚ overcrowding with little or no representation in government. The American Revolution was also a huge influence
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The Domination of French in England The Norman Conquest. Toward the close of the Old English period an event occurred which had a greater effect on the English language than any other in the course of its history. This event was the Norman Conquest in 1066. What the language would have been like if William the Conqueror had not succeeded in making good his claim to the English throne can only be a matter of conjecture. It would probably have pursued much the same course as the other Germanic languages
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Causes of the French Revolution In the 1780s‚ long standing resentments against the French Monarchy fueled anger throughout France. The source of the French people’s ill will could be found in the unequal structure of French government and society. However there are 3 main short term and long term causes of the French revolution. The long-term causes were economic‚ religious‚ and political and social. There was a severe financial crisis at this time. There was starvation‚ and no welfare
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The French and Indian War Zina Kelati U.S History Mr. Merral 5 November 2012 The French and Indian war affected the relationship of the British and the American colonies in almost every way; politically and economically. The British attempted to direct the colonist by putting power into the colonies and forcing 10‚000 British soldiers into American colonies. How did the French and Indian war change the relationship between Britain and its colonies in America? The French were the
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Causes and Effects of the French Revolution The long-term causes of the French Revolution were economical‚ political‚ and social. The economical cause of the French Revolution was starvation‚ especially the agrarian crisis that contributed to the cause of starvation. Another long-term economical cause was the fact that there was no welfare for the sick and dying lower class‚ also known as the third Estate. Since the third Estate made up most of France’s population‚ too much poverty and people
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