Union Nationale

The new philosophy, called maître chez nous (masters in our house), was driven by desire for an equal partnership with English Canada. The most significant changes were that Québec became secular, the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18, the legal status of women was improved, the labour code was revised to provide protection for workers and unions, and a provincial pension plan was established for Quebecers (1964). The last change was a cause of discord between the French and the English because the latter participated in a federal pension plan and they wanted the French to do the same. The Quebecers chose to defy Ottawa in this and in many other ways as well. For instance, Québec formed its own embassies in other countries instead of being part of Canadian embassies. This was a significant symbol of their goal to separate from Canada. They were making the other countries aware of this as well. One of the most influential ways that Québec promoted separatism in its society was through art, music, and actors. Slowly, the Quiet Revolution turned into the Québec questions with English-speaking…

The 17th century up to the early 18th century is considered one of my favorite time periods. It is just something about the way the people spoke to one another, the way they wore their hair, and the way they dressed that always caught my eye, especially the women. Madame de Pompadour was the person I have chosen to write about for my research paper. I chose Pompadour because I read a brief summary of her life story seeing that she was born into the 17th century and I happened to like that time…

The Grosse Pointe Public Library is in Grosse Pointe, Michigan and is a famous piece of architecture created by Marcel Breuer. This building diverges from his usual design style, in that this interior caters to the preservation of the books. The facades are designed in such a way that allows the light to shine in certain spots. The front façade of the building has large vertical windows and is slightly slanted forward to allow for shading certain times of the day. In the afternoon the front…

Article for 60-70's 1962 Szczecin Military Parade Gone Wrong! Soviet Union Tried to Cover it up for YEARS... October 9th, 1962, the long awaited parade of the Szczecin military was traveling down the street. Little did anyone expect such a tragedy to occur. The year of 1962 in Poland was already a tense and hectic year. With the growing tension of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the threat of war between the Western and Eater Bloc, ideas for lightening the mood were needed. With this is…

the lesson learned from an elusive enemy that employed the concept of revolutionary warfare to mount counterinsurgency against Algeria rebellion of 1954. France adopted the revolutionary warfare law was passed in 1956 to grant the Armed Forces special powers for the implementation of parallel hierarchies to counter-insurgency warfare in the entire Algerian territory. In particular, this focused on parallel hierarchies of institutions to establish new administration without eliminating the…

The FLN Proclamation of 1954 was drafted prior to the war and stated its goal of restoring the Algerian sovereign state within the framework of Islamic principles. The Algerian War between the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN) and France persisted from 1954 until 1962. As shown in the film, Battle of Algiers, the Algerian War of Independence impacted the lives of every day citizens in Algeria, because of the bombings and mass shootings executed by the FLN. While the conflict did not…

use camouflage? Were you aware that the first every artificial heart and face transplant occurred in France? The country of France is filled with many intriguing facts. France is said to be a Western European country. Since the beginning, France has displayed that it is a dominant country. In 1792, France was turned from a kingdom into a republic due to the French Revolution. This strong republic is a founder of the European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Population,…

AP European History May 14, 2011 St. Thomas Aquinas: The Summa Theologica St. Thomas Aquinas’s “The Summa Theologica” is a document meant to summarize the difference between divine laws and human laws. This document explains whether these two types of laws are just or unjust. Aquinas demonstrates how laws are the reason for the common good which is made by those who care for their community, and how all the laws come from divine reasons which according to the document are understood by…

Major proponents of interest group activity within the European Union claim that interest groups have a great potential of helping to diminish the (real or perceived) democratic deficit amongst the Union and its citizens (Eising 2008). The capacity of the interest groups to represent the will of the citizens is a positive quality of interest group activity that cannot be understated. As most citizens have a primary priority for tending to the details of their everyday lives, activities and…

promoting the "private investment and venture enterprises, increase mobility and flexibility of the labor force, the termination of price controls, the introduction of tax rates, makes it profitable to attract capital ... ", as it was done in Germany in the decade before the crisis, rather than increasing the tax burden on the population. Regardless of the debate about what kind of macroeconomic policies will enable countries to get out of the debt crisis (austerity, increasing or maintaining…