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Immigration
people from north Africa go to France bringing their culture
The socialist experience
1981: Mitterand becomes socialist president industries + banks are industrialized
1995: End of the socialism w/ Jacque Chirac
United Europe 1992
easier to travel, new laws, new passports
The Euro
replaces francs used other European countries
TGV + Channel Tunnel
high speed train (200km/h) channel Tunnel makes travel to England easier ( Eurostar)
Bercy Arena
sports, concerts, pyramid shape
Louvre + Glass pyramid
underground parking there’s shops and galleries
Mussee d’orsay
old decorated trian station turned into art museum
Centre Pompidou
modern art center
Opera Bastille
built near old Bastille : shows modern works
La defense
rectangular arch that celebrates 200yr from revolution
WWI 1914-1918
england, France ally because they want Alsace Lorraine back , modern war, help from America leads to victory for allies, ends w/ treaty of Versailles + Armstice
Period between the wars ( 1918-1939)
France is weakened by looses, political tension between conservatives + communists, Germany = weak —> Hitler , Hitler invades Czecoslavkia + Poland
WWII ( 1939-1945)
France is occupied, France is humiliated, Charles de Gaulle leads french troops Force Francais Libres
French Resistance
Happens en secret tres dangereux
D-Day aka Debarquement de Normandie
June 6, 1944 Angelo American troops Debarquement en France assurent la liberation
The Marshall Plan
economic aid from les Allies reconstruction
Decolonisation
1957- De Gaulle gives independence to former French African colonies