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…, and it drastically changed the way they perceived their role in the world. To Western eyes, it seemed inconceivable that Ho would make the tremendous sacrifices he did. But in 1946, as war with the French loomed, he cautioned them, "You can kill 10 of my men for every…

…for the British government. These actions lead eventually to the United States allying with, it’s friend from the Revolution, the French. With James Madison becoming president in 1809, and with the War Hawks in Congress, America began to develop a very bitter attitude…

…to be considered innocent until proven guilty. The right to bail. Governor Sir Guy Carleton was convinced that the Thirteen Colnoies were on the verge of rebellion and he felt that he had to secure the loyalty of the Canadiens (The French-speaking…

…proud of their heritage and would fight against anyone to preserve it. In the late 1800’s a French missionary had raised a missionary force to help Nguyen Anh become Vietnam’s emperor in hope that the new emperor would look favorably upon France as a trading…

…of the Old Regime received a nomination for an American Book Award in 1983. Robert Darnton has written a good number of books dealing with French culture, like What Was Revolutionary About the French Revolution, The Corpus of Clandestine Literature in France…

…To look at it, you'd think that La Cafe is the most utterly charming eatery imaginable. It feels like you have stepped into a Paris time capsule, some bistro in a neighborhood that hasn't changed a whit since the French Revolution. La Cafe…

…”. At the same time in Massachusetts, James Otis was calling for an intercolonial congress. After the end of the French and Indian War, there were 4 problems which in turn directly led to the rise of Nationalism and the Revolution: 1. In 1765 the British acquire…

…primarily from Britain. It was a nation of merchants. Commerce was the number one concern of the leaders of Upper Canada. Lower Canada in contrast was made up of mainly French people, they were farmers and lived a life very different of people of Upper Canada…

…. The writers of the French film journal Cahiers du Cinema, many of whom are credited with leading the French New Wave, actually pioneered the filmmaking methods that would dominate The American Independents from the 1960’s on. In his book Celluloid Mavericks, Greg…

…with the Franco-Russian alliance involved delivering a knock-out punch to the French and then making a progress with the more slowly mobilized Russian army. The German Army demanded free passage across Belgium and Luxembourg. Germany invaded when they were denied…