Reyna Aparicio Mrs. Valencia June 16, 2009 FRANCE Why is France culturally and economically rich? Who and what influenced this to happen?

ReynaReyna AparicioAparicioMrs. ValenciaMrs. Valencia June 16, 2009June 16, 2009

FRANCEWhy is France culturally and

economically rich?

Who and what influenced this to happen?

Bourbon King Bourbon King Charles XCharles X

The people of The people of Paris defeat the Paris defeat the

real armyreal army

New constitution New constitution recognized recognized

nationalnationalSovereignty.Sovereignty.

Removed the Removed the mandete of mandete of

the Kings the Kings

Napoleon Bonaparte

One of the One of the greatest greatest military military leaders leaders

of all timeof all time

Fattened duckFattened duck

Most famous regional foodMost famous regional food

Pate de foie grasPate de foie gras

Food Types of Cuisine

Food artistically arranged

Decorated with edible flowers

and vegetables.

One of the One of the loviest citiesloviest cities

Visited for Visited for it’s it’s architecturearchitecture

Versailles palace

Most visited places

◊ Gustave flaubert

◊ Madame Bovary

◊ Style single

The Art of France

George Sand

Famous women writers in France

Wrote stories for adults and children

Art in FranceArt in France

Known as le Quatorze Juillet

Commemorates the storming of the Bastille

1789

Bastille Day

July 14

November 11

Commemorates the end of WWI in

1918.

Called “Day of Liberty and Peace”

Armistice Day

From mid- 12th through

the 15th centuries

Religous Decoration

s

Developed in Western Europe

The Gothic Style

Castle of Chateaux

French Architecture Example

Build during the Renaissance

Stretches along the valley of the Loire River

Country’s Importance

Culture

Economy

France to the world

Rich economy

architecture

Peace and equality

Success of Benchmark

I learned new things

New Experiencie

Challanges

Challenges in the

English

Challanges in

the information of

my project

Learning Stretch

I learned the historyof France

I learned about theCharacteristics of the

benchmark

Concluding thoughts

Strong leaders

Territorial expansion

Thank You!