Napoleon I of France

Prompt #1 Hamartia Richard C. Armitage once said “I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.” Throughout history there have been many examples of leaders that had a flaw such as pride which lead to his/her downfall. For example, Napoleon Bonaparte, the emperor of France, was too arrogant as he overestimated his military power. Bonaparte’s dissatisfaction with the size of his empire caused him to fight for more land resulting in the downfall of himself and his nation. The Greek word…

Take Home Midterm The Columbian exchange started in 1492, with Christopher Columbus landing on the shores of San Salvador. It was the start of new technological advances but the start of disease spreading across the world. The Columbian Exchange was also the start of one of the most significant results of the Age of Exploration and the First Global Age. This was a start of a New World (Americas) and it influenced technology, farming, disease, and cultural life for both the New World (the…

cookbooks. They were usually decorated with marzipan or meringue. The rolled shape of the cake was to remind one of a log and was typically covered with chocolate butter cream to look like the “bark of a tree”. An interesting story is that in Paris Napoleon I of France issued a proclamation requiring households to keep their chimneys closed during the winter so that cold air would not get in and cause medical problems. It prevented Parisians…

equality. Slaves had a powerful desire for equality and that brought up the question of “what to do about slavery?” A group of people in a club known as “Friends of the Blacks” supported the abolition of slavery that eventually went into effect in France in September 1791. However, French planters from the West Indies thrived off slaves especially when they were using brutality. A French settler reported “How can we stay in a country where slaves have raised their hands against their master?”.…

again but in a slightly different way. And when these two different sides of society show up there is class struggle and then a revolution occurs. But does this always happen? Before we can say whether it is inevitable and perpetual for these to occur I think we have to look deeper into what they both mean. Everyone that reads the news today will discover that there is class struggle in our society today. There are the CEO’s of companies that sit back and…

Many fairy tales are inspired by old fables, and stories which are influenced by the events of the time. The original fairy tales are gruesome and horrific most of the time not including fairies, and not having the target audience be children. Nowadays fairy tales are a big part in a child 's upbringing. Every little girl knows Cinderella, Belle, Aurora and more, and their story. Almost all modern fairy tales are inspired by old folktales from around the world. The horrid parts of the tales are…

the last King of France. The revolution overthrew the King, and established stable government. These events changed the course of history and caused a decline in monarchies.In the artwork by Delacroix, Liberty is embodied as an energetic and rebellious leader, who…

fur trappers, Spannish and British explorers. I t was Thomas Jefferson’s dream to send explorers to North America before he became the president. President Thomas Jefferson on January 18, 1803 drafted a letter to Congress. He wanted $ 2500 to fund an expedition to the Pacific Ocean. His hopes were establishing trade with the people of the west who were Native Americans. By these he hoped to find a water route to…

The June days uprising, a conflict of the working masses of France against the provincial government in which the provincial government defeated the rebels to bring order to the state. The liberals would win while quelling the social and democratic issues of the republic. Mark Traugott gives a very in-depth look at France, especially in the June days uprising of 1848, focusing on the forces of the repressors and the insurgents. He places the Mobile Guard and the National Workshop as the central…

had formed their own type of fanatic political theology. The secular fundamentalism associated with the Revolution is still echoed today, as exemplified in the New Atheist Movement and the ever-increasing emphasis on laïcité (secularism) in modern France. There are two questions that must be addressed concerning the secular values of the Revolution in order to understand its modern day implications: What were the origins of the violence, terror, and fundamentalism used to combat orthodox…