France

France
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 Historical Summary    France is located at Longitude 2.20 and Latitude 48.52 and covers 212,935 square miles or 551,500 square kilometers and is slightly smaller than Texas. The terrain includes plains, mountains, forests, and farmland. The mountains are on the border between France and Spain, Italy, and Switzerland. The Rhin River forms part of the France/Germany border. Most of the northern part of France is a flat plain with rolling hills. The climate in France is Mediterranean in the southern France or, in other words, it has cool, moist winters and hot, dry summers. The northern part of France is temperate and rainy while the west is also rainy but because of the Atlantic Ocean, the winters are moderate. In the central, east, and the uplands all have a continental climate with fluctuating temperatures. source: @http://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country.php?contid=5&wmn=Europe&cid=55&cn=France

 Historical Tim﻿eline


 * 10 000 BC Paleolithic age
 * 5000 - 2500 BC Neolithic age
 * 51 BC - 486 AD Gaule
 * 486 - 751 AD [|Merovingiens]
 * 481 - 511 AD King Clovis
 * 629 - 638 Dagobert I
 * 721 - 737 Thierry IV
 * 751 - 987 AD [|Carolingiens]
 * 751 - 768 King Pepin le Bref
 * 768 - 814 Charlemange
 * 843 - 877 Charles II
 * 877 - 879 Louis II
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">879 - 882 Louis III
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 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">987 - 996 Hugues
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">996 - 1031 Robert II le Pieux
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1031 - 1060 Henri I
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1060 - 1108 Philippe I
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1096 - Contruction of the Basillica Vézelay
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 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1130 Construction of the Abbey of Fontenay
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1137 - 1180 Louis VII
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1180 - 1223 Philippe II
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1223 - 1226 Louis VIII
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1226 - 1270 Louis IX
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1270 -1285 Philippe le Hardi III
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1285 - 1314 Philippe le Bel IV
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1039 - The Pope moves to Avignon
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1350 - 1364 Jean II le bon
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1364 - 1380 Charles V
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1380 - 1422 Charles VI
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1422 - 1461 Charles VII
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1431 Jean d'Arc is burnt to death
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1442 - Joan of Arc executed at Reims
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1461 - 1483 Louis XI
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">End of the Middle Ages 1486
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1483 - 1498 Charles VIII
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1483 - 1595 Renaissance period
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1498 - 1515 Louix XII
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1539 - The king Francois 1st declares French as the offical language of France
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1559 - 1560 Francois II, end of the war with Italy
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1589 - 1610 Henry IV (murdered by Ravaillac)
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1610 - 1643 Louis XIII
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1643 - 1715 Louis XIV Roi Soleil
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1661 Louis XIV begins the construction of Versailles
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1715 - 1774 Louis XV
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1774 - 1792 Louis XVI
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1778 The American Colonies and France signed this military treaty on February 6.
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1789 **The French Revolution**
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">Prise de la Bastille the 14th July
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">The declaration of "Droits de l'homme" 26th August
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">The wealth of church is given to the nation 2nd November


 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1792 1st Republic
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1793 Louis XVI is guillotined 21st January
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1793 Marie Antoinette executed the 16th October
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1795 France adopts the metric system
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1796 Napoleon named as general of the army of Italy
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1799 Creation of the Bank of France
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1804 - 1814 Napoleon 1
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1809 Napoleon takes Moscow
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1814 - 1824 Louis XVIII
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1814 Restoration
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1816 Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1821 Death of Napoleon 1
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1824 - 1830 Charles X
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1830 - 1848 Louis-Philippe I
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1848 2nd Republic
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1852 - 1870 2nd Empire Napoleon 3
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1858 The vision of Bernadette Soubrious at Lourdes
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1862 Victor Hugo writes "Les Miserables"
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1871 3rd Republic
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1887 - 1894 Sadi Carnot
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1894 The affair Drefus, accused of treason
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1889 World Expo at Paris with the Eiffel Tower
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1898 **J'accuse** by Emile Zola
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1905 The law seperates the state from the church
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 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1914 - 1918 **World War I**
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 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">Petain 1940-1944
 * <span style="color: #0033bb; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -10px;">D-Day June 6 1944
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;"> World war II, all in French, but excellent site


 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1944 - 1946 Charles De Gaulle
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1944 April 21st, France finally gives women the right to vote.
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 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1947 4th Republic
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 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1954-1959 René Coty
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 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1969 Frist flight of the Anglo-Fernch Concorde
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 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1974 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing elected President
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 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1988 François Mitterrand re-elected President
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1991 Edith Cresson, the first French Prime Minister
 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">1995 Jacques Chirac elected President as the 5 President of the 5th French Repulic
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 * <span style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;">2001 Constitution is changed, the President is elected for 5 years (7 years before)
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England is France's Historical Enemy.

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One of the major conflicts between France and England was the Hundred Years War which lasted 116 years. In 1259 their was a Treaty of Paris that stated that Henry III held the duchy of Aquitaine as a fief of the French king. As a vassal to the King of France Henry was required to pay liege homage to the king. But how could a king pay homage to another king without giving up his kingdom to the other king? In 1328, Charles IV died with out a son and the current king of England, Edward III had a claim to the throne because he was the late king's nephew. The other big claim was the head of the Valois house, Philip VI. He gained the throne and, to secure his throne, he moved to take Aquitaine from the British. King Edward III raided france in order to protect his claim from king PhilipVI. Edward III declared himself king of France two years later. For thew Firs 91 years, England had the upper-hand but at the battle of Orleans, Joan of Ark lead a relief force and defeated the British. For the next 25 years their were more french victories and more british retreats until the last place the British held was Calais, in northern France. source: @http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/archive/hundredyearswar.cfm?CFID=8740953&CFTOKEN=43326695&jsessionid=463020f9f28e12cf88ab55422201a6d44111

The other really important clash between the French and the British was the French and Indian War and lasted seven years. This war was over the Ohio River Valley. It started when Major George Washington attacked a French scouting party and killed 12 Frenchmen and wounded 22 others. In the first two years the French and their allies, the Native Americans, won many battles but the tide of the war changed in 1756 when William Pitt became the British Secretary of State. The British applied more resources into the battle in North America and slowly began to capture French forts. In 1759, the British won the Battle of The Plains of Abraham, which allowed them to occupy Quebec. The next year they captured Montreal, and thus completed the capture of Canada, effectively ending the war in North America. The war didn't officially end until February 10, 1763 when the Treaty of Paris 1763. In the treaty, it is stated that France seceded all of its North American lands west of the Mississippi River except New Orleans to England but they retained the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. source: @http://www.historycentral.com/Revolt/French.html

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The flag of France, most recently adopted on 20 May 1794, features three horizontal stripes—blue, white, and red—the colors of the French Revolution. Red and blue symbolize Paris, where the main revolution was fought, and white is the color of royalty  source: @http://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country.php?contid=5&wmn=Europe&cid=55&cn=France

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 33px; line-height: 49px;">**Traditional Cultures** The cultures vary by region. In Bretagne, the culture is manly fishing. In Normandy the culture is "farming" with dairy cows and apple ciders. The Centre has a culture focused around cheeses. Aquitaine's culture is based around red wines. Champagne's culture is about the creation of champagne.

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