Site of the 1781 American Revolutionary War conference between General George Washington and French General Rochambeau.

District of Belgian-American settlers, where French with a Walloon accent is still spoken.

This 1871 schooner is the oldest known schooner built in Maine. Used mostly in the coasting cargo trade, it now serves the tourist trade as a windjammer.

France was in financial distress in the late 1700's. In an effort to gain riches and pay off debts the government established the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. The benefits of this measure to the nation are illustrated through a...

This article details The Court Marial of Alfred Dreyfus. The document pieced together that September day in Paris, called "the bordereau," would launch a criminal process that would divide and convulse France for decades. The events set...

A translation of a declaration by Olympe de Gouges, one of the most outspoken and articulate women revolutionaries of the French Revolution. In 1791 she wrote this statement that directly challenged the inferiority presumed of women by...

Incredible photographs of the Alps along the Swiss-French frontier feature facts about the mountain range, individual peaks, and the glaciers that characterize the nation.

The Afrikaners are descendants, to a great extent, of Dutch, German, and French Huguenot settlers, and, to a lesser extent, of English, Scottish, Irish, and other settlers of South Africa. The Dutch language of the first White settlers...

Reader's Theatre is explained in this manual and a number of scripts for children's stories and rhymes are included. There are two scripts in other languages - Dogrib and French.

This is the home to France 3. You can find the latest weather, news (national and international), TV shows, TV schedules, regional news, and much more.

Describes the far-reaching impact of the French rebellion and Napoleon's invasion of Spain in 1808, precipitating independence movements in Latin America over the next few years.

European countries began exploring and seeking to dominate the rest of the world during the 15th and 16th centuries, thanks to their ability to control sea routes and to the discovery of the American continent. In the 19th century,...

This article on the government of Mauritania, based on information from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes, discusses the difficulties in running a nation which is divided by ethnic tensions.

Learn about Mauritius' dynamic and cooperative government whose law is a mixture of French and British law. You can find a list of Mauritius' current governmental officials. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.

The daily newspaper for Eastern (North-East) France, L'Est Republicain offers a review of daily national news with sections devoted to specific cities of Lorraine and Franche-Comte.

Contains a brief history and listing of artists in France during the late 18th century. Focus of this site is on painting and portraits of key figures from this time.

Find a description of the Mandan culture, housing, and daily way of life. Included are photographs of Mandan villages and houses.

Features Champlain's contributions to the Acadian Civilization. Identifies the mixing of the cultures of Native Americans and the French.

A picture of the statue of the French Jesuit missionary and explorer, Jacques Marquette, and a brief explanation of his travels.

This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...

Paris at the end of the nineteenth century was at the center of a cultural arts explosion owing, in part, to the constellation of artists surrounding the art dealership of Ambroise Vollard. This archived report from NPR tells the story...

An NPR-produced slideshow set to the music of Claude Debussy showcases dozens of post-impressionist masterworks by Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Bonnard, Derain, Degas, and Picasso. The slideshow coincides with an exhibition that opened at...

Le Monde diplomatique, a weekly national newspaper, challenges the tenets of globalization from a European perspective and is highly critical of the way footloose capital dictates national agendas and distorts the market in favour of the...

Le Monde diplomatique, a weekly national newspaper, challenges the tenets of globalization from a European perspective and is highly critical of the way footloose capital dictates national agendas and distorts the market in favour of the...