55 résultats pour "1760"
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Chronologie complète de la Révolution française
1755. Mort de Montesquieu. 1756. Début de la guerre de Sept Ans, contre l'Angleterre et la Prusse. 6 mai 1758. Naissance de Maximilien de Robespierre à Arras, dans une famille de notaires. Son père est avocat et appartient à la petite noblesse. 1759. Seconde condamnation de l'Encyclopédie. 28 octobre : naissance de Georges Jacques Danton à Arcis sur Aube. C'est le fils du procureur du bailliage. 1760. Condorcet a 16 ans : au collège de Navarre, il...
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Montréal - geography.
Place Jacques-Cartier, MontréalPlace Jacques-Cartier is named for the French explorer who was one of the first Europeans to venture into Canada in the 16thcentury. It is a popular spot in the city of Montréal, Québec’s largest city.R.E. Murowchick/Photo Researchers, Inc. French influence lasted for a time after the British conquest of 1760, as shown by some late 18th-century houses. British influence came to prevail, however, and most ofOld Montréal is in fact a Victorian Style city, probably th...
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PRÉVOST, Antoine-François Prévost d'Exiles, dit l'abbé : sa vie et son oeuvre
Mémoires et aventures d'un homme de qualité fait l'apo logie de l'île heureuse. Précepteur du fils de sir John Eyles, sous-gouverneur de la South Sea Company, il voyage dans le sud de l'Angle terre avec son élève. Il a l'aisance et la dignité. Il écrit la suite de son roman et les deux premiers tomes du suivant, Histoire de Monsieur Cleveland,fils naturel de Cromwell, écrite par lui-même, ou le Philosophe anglais; partie de l'œuvre dominée par le problèm...
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French and Indian War.
Virginia as well as the French governor-general of Canada had attempted to seize their lands. After receiving large presents of supplies and arms, the Iroquoisgrudgingly renewed their alliances with the British colonies. Delegates then moved on to plan other defensive measures. An important topic was a plan of union developed by Benjamin Franklin. The Albany Plan, as it became known, proposed a single institution to govern all of the Britishcolonies in America. Under the plan, each colony would...
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French and Indian War - Canadian History.
Virginia as well as the French governor-general of Canada had attempted to seize their lands. After receiving large presents of supplies and arms, the Iroquoisgrudgingly renewed their alliances with the British colonies. Delegates then moved on to plan other defensive measures. An important topic was a plan of union developed by Benjamin Franklin. The Albany Plan, as it became known, proposed a single institution to govern all of the Britishcolonies in America. Under the plan, each colony would...