179 résultats pour "carolines"

• American Revolution.

  C1 The South Southern agriculture was founded on the cultivation of tobacco, wheat, and corn in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina, and of rice and indigo (a blue dye) in SouthCarolina and Georgia. There was a large demand for these crops in Europe. These crops were cultivated with the help of black slaves imported from Africa. The whiteplanter class in the South was the most powerful, both politically and economically. C2 The North Wheat was the main cash crop of the mid-Atlantic colonies...

• American Revolution - U.

  C1 The South Southern agriculture was founded on the cultivation of tobacco, wheat, and corn in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina, and of rice and indigo (a blue dye) in SouthCarolina and Georgia. There was a large demand for these crops in Europe. These crops were cultivated with the help of black slaves imported from Africa. The whiteplanter class in the South was the most powerful, both politically and economically. C2 The North Wheat was the main cash crop of the mid-Atlantic colonies...

• Labor Union.

  B The Legal Environment The legal environment, which permits certain types of union activities and prohibits others, also influences the extent of union organization. States with right-to-worklaws have much lower unionization rates than other states. In the United States, the states with the lowest unionization rates are North Carolina, South Carolina, SouthDakota, and Arkansas—states that have right-to-work laws. In 2000 the unionization rate in these states ranged from 4.44 percent to 6.7 per...

• American Westward Movement - U.

  British expansion. However, Native Americans of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley lashed out against the English in an attempt to preserve their independence, theirland, and their way of life. With the Ottawa chief Pontiac as their most visible leader, the tribes waged a bloody and costly war. As a result, the British governmentdecided to keep the white settlers apart from the Native Americans. It issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, banning all white settlement beyond the Appalachians andstatin...

• African American History - U.

  In their day-to-day lives, slaves and servants shared similar grievances and frequently formed alliances. Advertisements seeking the return of slaves and servants whohad run away together filled colonial newspapers. When a slave named Charles escaped in 1740, the Pennsylvania Gazette reported that two white servants, a 'Scotch man' and an Englishman, escaped with him. Sometimes interracial alliances involved violence. During Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, slaves and servants took up armsagainst Na...

• Museum.

  History museums are dedicated to promoting a greater appreciation and knowledge of history and its importance to understanding the present and anticipating thefuture. They range from historic sites and small historic house museums to large, encyclopedic institutions such as the Smithsonian’s National Museum of AmericanHistory in Washington, D.C. Many cities and states have historical societies that operate museums or historic sites. History museums usually collect a wide range ofobjects, includi...

• United States History - U.

  and improved upon the designs of Arab sailing ships and learned to mount cannons on those ships. In the 15th century they began exploring the west coast ofAfrica—bypassing Arab merchants to trade directly for African gold and slaves. They also colonized the Madeira Islands, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands andturned them into the first European slave plantations. The European explorers were all looking for an ocean route to Asia. Christopher Columbus sailed for the monarchs of Spain in 149...

• United States History - U.

  and improved upon the designs of Arab sailing ships and learned to mount cannons on those ships. In the 15th century they began exploring the west coast ofAfrica—bypassing Arab merchants to trade directly for African gold and slaves. They also colonized the Madeira Islands, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands andturned them into the first European slave plantations. The European explorers were all looking for an ocean route to Asia. Christopher Columbus sailed for the monarchs of Spain in 149...

• Martin Van Buren.

  political ambitions. The Clintonians cited as one example of Van Buren's unscrupulous methods his support of a convention in 1821 to revise the state's constitution. Van Buren and hisBucktails said they wanted to make the constitution more democratic. The Clintonians retorted that the real aim was to oust them from office. Both sides were right. Therevised constitution introduced a needed extension of voting rights and improved the operation of the state government. However, it also removed many...

• Martin Van Buren

  political ambitions. The Clintonians cited as one example of Van Buren's unscrupulous methods his support of a convention in 1821 to revise the state's constitution. Van Buren and hisBucktails said they wanted to make the constitution more democratic. The Clintonians retorted that the real aim was to oust them from office. Both sides were right. Therevised constitution introduced a needed extension of voting rights and improved the operation of the state government. However, it also removed many...

• Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika - geographie.

  Zu den bekanntesten Säugetierarten der Vereinigten Staaten gehören Bisons, Wapitis (amerikanische Rothirsche), Elche, Braunbären (mit den Unterarten Grizzlybär undKodiakbär), Schwarzbären, Pumas, Wölfe, Kojoten und Nordamerikanische Biber; in den Prärien sind Präriehunde verbreitet. Lebten um 1800 noch rund 40 Millionen Bisonsin den Prärien Nordamerikas, waren es 100 Jahre später nur noch etwa 1 000. Heute hat sich der Bestand aufgrund strenger Schutzvorschriften erholt und liegt bei etwa200 000...

• Kentucky - geography.

  The climate of Kentucky is characterized by warm or hot summers and cool winters. Throughout the year, temperatures do not vary greatly from place to place,although they are generally slightly lower in the Appalachian Plateaus region than elsewhere in the state. Average July temperatures are usually from 24° to 27°C (76°to 80°F) in the central and western areas and from 23° to 24°C (74° to 76°F) in the east. January averages range from below 1°C (34°F) in the northern Bluegrassregion to more tha...

• Kentucky - USA History.

  The climate of Kentucky is characterized by warm or hot summers and cool winters. Throughout the year, temperatures do not vary greatly from place to place,although they are generally slightly lower in the Appalachian Plateaus region than elsewhere in the state. Average July temperatures are usually from 24° to 27°C (76°to 80°F) in the central and western areas and from 23° to 24°C (74° to 76°F) in the east. January averages range from below 1°C (34°F) in the northern Bluegrassregion to more tha...

• Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika - geographie.

  Zu den bekanntesten Säugetierarten der Vereinigten Staaten gehören Bisons, Wapitis (amerikanische Rothirsche), Elche, Braunbären (mit den Unterarten Grizzlybär undKodiakbär), Schwarzbären, Pumas, Wölfe, Kojoten und Nordamerikanische Biber; in den Prärien sind Präriehunde verbreitet. Lebten um 1800 noch rund 40 Millionen Bisonsin den Prärien Nordamerikas, waren es 100 Jahre später nur noch etwa 1 000. Heute hat sich der Bestand aufgrund strenger Schutzvorschriften erholt und liegt bei etwa200 000...

• NCAA Basketball Division I Championships: Most Outstanding Player.

  Women1982 Janice Lawrence Louisiana Tech 1983 Cheryl Miller USC 1984 Cheryl Miller USC 1985 Tracy Claxton Old Dominion 1986 Clarissa Davis Texas 1987 Tonya Edwards Tennessee 1988 Erica Westbrooks Louisiana Tech 1989 Bridgette Gordon Tennessee 1990 Jennifer Azzi Stanford 1991 Dawn Staley Virginia 1992 Molly Goodenbour Stanford 1993 Sheryl Swoopes Texas Tech 1994 Charlotte Smith North Carolina 1995 Rebecca Lobo Connecticut 1996 Michelle Marciniak Tennessee 1997 Chamique Holdsclaw Tennessee 1998 Ch...

• Reconstruction (U.

  Instead, Congress began a lengthy debate over Reconstruction policy. The program eventually enacted resulted from a series of compromises among Republicanfactions; the Radicals were never powerful enough to gain everything they sought. Still, fueled by anger at the president's refusal to compromise and at the appearanceof former Confederates returning to power throughout the South, members of Congress moved increasingly toward the Radicals. The key Reconstruction measuresenacted aimed to produce...

• Grand oral du bac : LA GUERRE DE SÉCESSION

  La guerre de Sécession L'UNION •• LA CONFÉDÉRATION écession avant Fort Sumter . écession après Fort Sumter • • • 'États non esclavagistes --ttats esclavagistes e Principales batailles naissance du Kansas comme État: les Sudistes font triompher le principe de libre choix des nouveaux États, ouvrant ainsi les terres de l'Ouest à la coloni­ sation des planteurs esclavagistes mais provoquant la grande colère des abolitionnistes et des fermiers...

• Amerikanischer Bürgerkrieg - Geschichte.

  4 KRIEG UND AUSWÄRTIGE BEZIEHUNGEN Zur Unterstreichung ihres Anspruchs auf Unabhängigkeit erwartete die Konföderation vom Ausland die diplomatische Anerkennung und Unterstützung. Die Bemühungenrichteten sich dabei besonders auf Großbritannien und Frankreich. Die Zuversicht dies zu erreichen, nährte sich im Wesentlichen aus dem Umstand, dass die Textilindustriendieser beiden Mächte weitgehend von Baumwollimporten aus den Südstaaten abhängig waren. England z. B. importierte 75 Prozent der benötig...

• Les plantes carnivores (Exposé – SVT – Collège/Lycée)

  Pièges actifs : les utri culaires Outre les célèbres mâchoires de la dionée gobe-mouche, les seules autres plantes à posséder des pièges actifs sont les utriculaires. Il s'agit de plantes aquatiques, immergées au moins en partie; certaines espèces sont assez communes en Europe. La porte s 'ouvre alors vers l'intérieur , et l'eau environnante (ainsi que la proie) est aspirée dans l'utricule. Lorsque celui-ci se referme , les glandes digestives produi...

• CONSTITUTION DES ÉTATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE (1787) ET DÉCLARATION DES DROITS (1791) CONSTITUTION

  Hampshire aura droit ? trois repr?sentants, le Massachusetts ? huit, l'?tat de Rhode Island et les Plantations de Providence ? un, le Connecticut ? cinq, l'?tat de New York ? six, le New Jersey ? quatre, la Pennsylvanie ? huit, le Delaware ? un, le Maryland ? six, la Virginie ? dix, la Caroline du Nord ? cinq, la Caroline du Sud ? cinq et la Georgie ? trois. Lorsque des vacances se produiront dans la repr?sentation d'un ?tat, le pouvoir ex?cutif de cet ?tat fera proc?der ? des ?lections pour y p...

• L'Argent Très pâle.

  épouvantables de Victor, son entrée à l'Oeuvre du Travail. Et, de son côté, Saccard sursautait, à chaque nouveau détail. Comment, six mille francs ! qui lui disait qu'au contraire on n'avait pas dépouillé le gamin ? Un acompte de deux mille francs ! on avait eu l'audace d'extorquer à une dame de ses amies deux mille francs ! mais c'était un vol, un abus de confiance ! Ce petit, parbleu ! on l'avait mal élevé, et l'on voulait qu'il payât ceux qui étaient responsables de cette mauvaise éduc...

• NCAA Division I Soccer Champions.

• ASTRE, substantif masculin.

  ? 4. Le lendemain, les voil? tous quatre, en veste de serge bleue, mais sans un grain de poussi?re au collet, le linge ?clatant de blancheur, nets, frais, ras?s, bross?s, briqu?s, beaux comme des astres. HENRI POURRAT, Gaspard des Montagnes, Le Pavillon des amourettes, 1930, page 41. ? Par m?taphore?: ? 5. Un nuage, mont? de la grande pi?ce d'eau, avait cach? le disque de la lune. Apr?s ?tre pass? du vert fonc? au sombre, puis au noir, le paysage avait disparu. Caroline et ?douard furent plo...

• Le rêve américain

  C’est dès le XVème siècle, avec la découverte de l'Amérique par Christophe Colomb en 1492, que l’émigration vers l’Amérique a commencée. De 1492 à 1585, les premiers européens arrivent en Amérique du Nord. Dès la première moitié du XVIe siècle, les Espagnols pénètrent sur le territoire actuel des États-Unis, mais sans s'implanter de façon durable. Les premiers à véritablement s’installer dans ce « New World » furent les Anglais, poussés par les rois Henri VII et Henri VIII qui vantaient...

• les caprices de marianne Analyse de l'oeuvre

  AGIR PIÈCE [DÉ]MONTÉE Les dossiers pédagogiques « Théâtre » et « Arts du cirque » du réseau Canopé N° 202 - Mars 2015 Texte d’Alfred de Musset Mise en scène de Frédéric Bélier-Garcia Création décor de Jacques Gabel assisté de Morgane Baux Création son de Jean-Christophe Bellier Création musicale de Vincent Erdeven Création des lumières de Roberto Venturi Création des costumes de Catherine Leterrier assistée de Élise Cribier-Delande Collaboration artistique de Carolin...

• Océanie.

  Bismarck de nouveaux bouleversements socio-économiques et culturels. Au cours des deux ou trois millénaires de contacts entre les anciens et les nouveaux arrivants s’estdéveloppée une culture propre — la culture Lapita — dont l’impact s’est révélé majeur dans la colonisation du pacifique insulaire. Celle-ci a commencé à déferler, il y a4 000 ans, vers l'est le long des Salomon, Vanuatu, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Fidji et Samoa pour parvenir aux Marquises il y a environ 2 000 ans. Puis, à partir des Ma...

• VERNE Jules Gabriel : sa vie et son oeuvre

  présentées qu'elles sont devenues objets de spéculation. est également due en majeure partie l'opinion qui voit dans l'auteur des« Voyages extraordinaires » un homme ayant exclusivement écrit pour un public d'adolescents. Sans être inexacte, cette image de Jules Verne relève d'une simplificalion abusive qui ne résiste pas à l'exa­ men de textes, très nombreux, inédits encore ou difficiles d'accès, aux intentions multiples et parfois secrètes. Un paisible bou...

• L'Adversaire, Emmanuel Carrere

  de tout son cœur sa femme et ses enfants ». Florence le disait « très cloisonné », « un peu ours », ce qui expliquaitqu'il n'invitait jamais ses collègues de l'OMS. Il sépare vie privée et professionnelle. Personne ne peut le joindre à sonbureau sauf sur son bippeur. « Jean-Claude avait été la fierté du village. On l'admirait d'avoir si bien réussi et d'êtremalgré cela resté si simple, si proche de ses vieux parents ». Tout le monde admirait sa discrétion, sa modestie, iln'étale pas sa réussite...

• Millard Fillmore.

  B Vice President of the United States During the first half of 1850, Fillmore as vice president presided over the United States Senate (the upper chamber of Congress) as angry debates raged betweenNorthern and Southern sectionalists over the status of slavery in the recently acquired lands. His fairness and sense of humor in the chair were not enough to restorepeace among the contending senators. The antislavery faction, led by Senator Seward (the former governor of New York) and Senator Salmon...

• Millard Fillmore

  B Vice President of the United States During the first half of 1850, Fillmore as vice president presided over the United States Senate (the upper chamber of Congress) as angry debates raged betweenNorthern and Southern sectionalists over the status of slavery in the recently acquired lands. His fairness and sense of humor in the chair were not enough to restorepeace among the contending senators. The antislavery faction, led by Senator Seward (the former governor of New York) and Senator Salmon...

• Native American Languages.

  From Nahuatl, spoken in Middle America, come avocado, cacao, cocoa, chile/chili, chocolate, coyote, tamale , tomato , and many others. Contributions from South American languages include jaguar, cashew, tapioca, and toucan from Tupinambá; alpaca, condor, jerky, llama, puma, and quinine from Quechua; and barbecue, canoe, guava, hammock, hurricane, iguana, maize, papaya, and potato from Maipurean (Arawakan). Native American languages, in turn, have borrowed words from European language...

• James Buchanan.

  John Slidell. Slidell was instructed to insist that Mexico recognize the annexation of its former province, Texas, and that it pay certain long-standing claims of UnitedStates citizens. As payment for the claims, Slidell was told to press for the Mexican territory lying between Texas and the Pacific Ocean. The American demands werenot met, and soon afterward the Mexican War broke out in 1846. D3 Cuba While secretary of state, Buchanan also tried to further one of his favorite projects, the purc...

• James Buchanan

  John Slidell. Slidell was instructed to insist that Mexico recognize the annexation of its former province, Texas, and that it pay certain long-standing claims of UnitedStates citizens. As payment for the claims, Slidell was told to press for the Mexican territory lying between Texas and the Pacific Ocean. The American demands werenot met, and soon afterward the Mexican War broke out in 1846. D3 Cuba While secretary of state, Buchanan also tried to further one of his favorite projects, the purc...

• James Polk.

  1824. Jackson had won a plurality of the popular and electoral votes. But because he lacked a majority of the electoral votes, the House of Representatives had todecide the election among the three candidates with the highest number of electoral votes. When Henry Clay, the candidate who had come in fourth, swung his supportto Adams, Adams won the election. Polk, with his firm belief in democratic rule, held that the election of Adams was a violation of the people's will. In his first speech befo...

• James Polk

  1824. Jackson had won a plurality of the popular and electoral votes. But because he lacked a majority of the electoral votes, the House of Representatives had todecide the election among the three candidates with the highest number of electoral votes. When Henry Clay, the candidate who had come in fourth, swung his supportto Adams, Adams won the election. Polk, with his firm belief in democratic rule, held that the election of Adams was a violation of the people's will. In his first speech befo...

• Segregation in the United States - U.

  acts of discrimination. Writing for the court, Justice Joseph Bradley declared: “When a man has emerged from slavery, and by the aid of beneficent legislation ... theremust be some stage in the progress of his elevation when he takes the rank of a mere citizen, and ceases to be the special favorite of the laws, and when his rights as acitizen, or a man, are to be protected in the ordinary modes by which other men’s rights are protected.” Rather than being the “special favorites” of the law, blac...

• Thomas Jefferson I INTRODUCTION Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third president of the United States (1801-1809) and author of the Declaration of Independence.

  Jefferson was a poor speaker, but his literary talents made him a highly valued member of committees when resolutions and other public papers were drafted. Heemerged as the recognized author of the patriot cause in Virginia and indeed in the whole of the colonies. Jefferson's first public paper, however, was considered toostiff and formal, and it was rewritten. The paper was a response to the greeting of the new governor, Lord Botetourt, to the General Assembly. Jefferson, who nevertook criticis...

• Thomas Jefferson.

  Jefferson was a poor speaker, but his literary talents made him a highly valued member of committees when resolutions and other public papers were drafted. Heemerged as the recognized author of the patriot cause in Virginia and indeed in the whole of the colonies. Jefferson's first public paper, however, was considered toostiff and formal, and it was rewritten. The paper was a response to the greeting of the new governor, Lord Botetourt, to the General Assembly. Jefferson, who nevertook criticis...

• Thomas Jefferson

  Jefferson was a poor speaker, but his literary talents made him a highly valued member of committees when resolutions and other public papers were drafted. Heemerged as the recognized author of the patriot cause in Virginia and indeed in the whole of the colonies. Jefferson's first public paper, however, was considered toostiff and formal, and it was rewritten. The paper was a response to the greeting of the new governor, Lord Botetourt, to the General Assembly. Jefferson, who nevertook criticis...

• Thomas Jefferson - USA History.

  Jefferson was a poor speaker, but his literary talents made him a highly valued member of committees when resolutions and other public papers were drafted. Heemerged as the recognized author of the patriot cause in Virginia and indeed in the whole of the colonies. Jefferson's first public paper, however, was considered toostiff and formal, and it was rewritten. The paper was a response to the greeting of the new governor, Lord Botetourt, to the General Assembly. Jefferson, who nevertook criticis...

• Situé dans le Pacifique sud entre les Philippines à l’ouest, les Mariannes au nord et les Carolines (actuels États fédérés...

  Situé dans le Pacifique sud entre les Philippines à l’ouest, les Mariannes au nord et les Carolines (actuels États fédérés de Micronésie) à l’est, l’archipel des Palau fut, comme l’ensemble de la Micronésie, cédé par l’Espagne à l’Allemagne en 1899 et occupé en 1914 par les Japonais, qui en reçurent le mandat de la SDN (Société des Nations) en 1920 et le transformèrent en territoire de peuplement. Les colons furent expulsés en 1945 et la tutelle de l’ONU fut assurée par les États-Unis en 1947. J...

• Île du Pacifique située entre les Mariannes du Nord au nord, les Carolines (actuels États fédérés de Micronésie) à l’est...

  Île du Pacifique située entre les Mariannes du Nord au nord, les Carolines (actuels États fédérés de Micronésie) à l’est et les Palau au sud-ouest, Guam est possession espagnole, comme l’ensemble de la Micronésie, avant d’être, seule, cédée aux États-Unis par le traité de Paris du 10 décembre 1898 à l’issue de la guerre hispano-américaine. Les autres îles et archipels sont vendus par l’Espagne à l’Allemagne l’année suivante. Guam est occupée par les Japonais de 1941 à 1944. Hormis cet intermède,...

• COURS SOCIO CULTUREL

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• NCAA Basketball Men's Division I Champions.

  2. Now Oklahoma State.3. Now Texas-El Paso.4. Standing vacated because team included ineligible players. Source: National Collegiate Athletic Association.

• NCAA Basketball Men's Division I Champions Year Champion Coach Runner-up Score 1939 Oregon Howard Hobson Ohio State 46-33 1940 Indiana Branch McCracken Kansas 60-42 1941 Wisconsin Harold Foster Washington

  2. Now Oklahoma State.3. Now Texas-El Paso.4. Standing vacated because team included ineligible players. Source: National Collegiate Athletic Association.Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

• Gustave Flaubert (Exposé – Art & Littérature – Collège/Lycée)

  MADAME BovARY • La rédaction du roman s'achève le 30 avril 1856, après cinquante-six mois d'un travail acharné dont témoignent près de cinq mille pages de brouillon s et manuscrits. Le récit doit beaucoup aux expériences de l'auteur. • Madame Bovary est un roman dédié à Louis Bouilhet, qui est d 'abord prépublié en six livraisons, dans La Revue de Paris , entre le 1" octobre et le 15 décembre 1856 -un périodique mal considéré par le nouveau po...

• ENFANCE, n.

  Les sanctions de l’opinion publique seront renforcées par une éducation qui s’empare de l’esprit malléable de lafemme dès sa plus tendre enfance . Jean-Marc Piotte , les Neuf Clés de la modernité , Québec Amérique On ne peut pas former de pronostics bien justes sur une enfance si tendre . Comte de Mirabeau , Lettres originales écrites du donjon de Vincennes, pendant les années 1777, 1778, 1779 et 1780 , Gallica L’Allemagne, éduquée à la prussienne depuis sa tendre enfance , est, par-de...

• cinq petits

  Agath a C hris tie Cin q p etit s c o ch on s Tra ductio n n ouve lle d e J e an-M ic h el A la m agny LIB RAIR IE D ES C H AM PS-E LY SEES

• College Basketball: National Invitational Tournament Winners.

• MAURIAC - SARTRE, la liberté des personnages

  2 sartrienne accuse Sartre d´avoir é crit sa critique uniquement pour se faire „ une publicité et pour être reconnu du public lettré“ 1.Quelle carri ère a donc Sartre der riè re lui en 1939? Il est parvenu à faire publi é son roman La Nausée. Ensuite trois nouvelles paraî tront successivement , Le Mur , en juillet 1937, La chambre en janvier 1938 et l´Intimité en ao ût 1938. Ces trois nouvelles seront reprises intégralement dans le recueil de Mur publié en 1939. Sarte entreprend...