89 résultats pour "louisiana"

• Louisiane.

  politiques, produisit une littérature spécifique, inaugurée par l'Histoire de la Louisiane , de Charles Gayarré (1831). Le modèle français resta pourtant vivace : l'élégie romantique avec Alexandre Lastil ( les Éphémères , 1841), le mélodrame avec Placide Canonge et Victor Séjour, le roman-feuilleton avec Alexandre Barde et Charles Testut ( le Vieux Salomon , 1872). Des natifs du pays, Adrien et Dominique Rouquette ( Meschacébéennes , 1839 ; Fleurs d'Amérique , 1857), et leur disciple Osca...

• La Louisiane

  La Louisiane aujourd'hui Ecrevisses, pétrole et mousse espagnole La Louisiane, une Amérique différente par son histoire, ses traditions, sa nature, sur laquelle règne un parfum de vieille France, où l'on parle encore de piastres plutôt que de dollars, riche d'une cuisine pleine de saveurs et d'épices et où le jazz est roi. C et Etat d'Amérique , qui fut aussi l'un des onze à entrer dans la confédéra­ tion sudiste lors de la guerre de Séces...

• Louisiana - geography.

  lakes are on the Red River and its tributaries. In addition, small oxbow lakes are numerous in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. Oxbow lakes are formed when a river cutsthrough the neck of one of its loops, or meanders, thus establishing a shorter course and leaving the former loop as a lake separate from the river. Louisiana also hassome artificially created reservoirs. C Coastline Louisiana’s long and irregular coastline extends along the Gulf of Mexico from the Pearl River on the east to the S...

• Louisiana - USA History.

  lakes are on the Red River and its tributaries. In addition, small oxbow lakes are numerous in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. Oxbow lakes are formed when a river cutsthrough the neck of one of its loops, or meanders, thus establishing a shorter course and leaving the former loop as a lake separate from the river. Louisiana also hassome artificially created reservoirs. C Coastline Louisiana’s long and irregular coastline extends along the Gulf of Mexico from the Pearl River on the east to the S...

• Louisiane

  choses ne peuvent se souvenir ni oublier, sinon par métaphore (cf le poème de Lamartine Le Lac, où la mélancolie prête au paysage souvenir et oubli, du fait qu 'il fut «témoin » muet d'un amour révolu). Une difficulté du sujet sera levée dès lors qu 'on aura montré que l'oubli n'es t pas à stric­ tement parler la condition de la vie humaine (puisqu'on peut vivre sans oublier). L'introduction à la réflexion peut partir du caractère p...

• La Louisiane

  AMÉRIQUE DJJ NORD LouisiANE RÉGION DES ÉTATS-UNIS La mémoire du Vieux Sud Maison coloniale dans une plantation de Rosedown: une image traditionnelle de ce Vieux Sud qui a fascine tant de romanciers et qui, en 1936, inspira à Margaret Mitchell l'immortel Autant en emporte le vent

• Louisiane

• LOUISIANE

• Encyclopédie: Louisiane

• Louisiana Purchase Treaty In 1803 the United States purchased a vast interior region of North America from France for $15 million.

  Government if it Shall take place in the United States; It is however well understood that the object of the above article is to favour the manufactures, Commerce,freight and navigation of France and of Spain So far as relates to the importations that the French and Spanish Shall make into the Said Ports of the United Stateswithout in any Sort affecting the regulations that the United States may make concerning the exportation of the produce and merchandize of the United States, or anyright they...

• LOUISIANE (littér.)

• LOUISIANA STORY

• 1803 Les Etats-Unis achËtent la Louisiane ?

• 1803 Les Etats-Unis achètent la Louisiane à la France.

• La Louisiane L'Amérique française.

• La Louisiane L'Amérique française.

• Nouvelle-Orléans, La 1 PRÉSENTATION Nouvelle-Orléans, La, en anglais New Orleans, ville du sud-est des États-Unis, située dans le sud-est de l'État de la Louisiane, sur le lac Pontchartrain et sur le Mississippi.

• 1803 Les Etats-Unis achètent la Louisiane à la France.

• La Louisiane L'Amérique française

• CRÉOLES DE LA LOUISIANE (Les) (résumé & analyse)

• 1803 : Les Etats-Unis achètent la Louisiane à la France.

• PAPE DE LOUISIANE

• Domino (Antoine, dit Fats), né en 1928 à La Nouvelle-Orléans (Louisiane), chanteur et pianiste américain.

• New France - Canadian History.

  the colony now consisted of a governor-general, an intendant , and a Sovereign Council, all located at Québec, with local governors at Trois-Rivières and Montréal, and law courts for all three districts. The senior official was the governor-general, responsible for military matters and for relations with the indigenous nations and theEnglish colonies. The intendant, a noble trained in law, was the official responsible for civil affairs: justice, law enforcement, and the maintenance of the colon...

• New Orleans - geography.

  D Metropolitan Region The New Orleans metropolitan region covers 8,800 sq km (3,400 sq mi) and includes the counties—known in Louisiana as parishes— of Orleans, Jefferson, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Saint James, and Plaquemines. At the center is the city of New Orleans, which is coextensive withOrleans Parish. It has a land area of 468 sq km (181 sq mi). Extending from this base are numerous suburban towns in the surrounding parishes. Metairie, Harahan...

• James Monroe.

  In October 1786, Monroe resigned from Congress and settled with his bride in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he began a law practice. His retirement from politics wasbrief. He was soon elected to the town council, and then once again to the Virginia legislature. However, Monroe never lost touch with national politics. He corresponded regularly with both Jefferson and Madison. In 1786 Monroe attended the AnnapolisConvention, which had been called to consider interstate commerce and other matters...

• James Monroe - USA History.

  In October 1786, Monroe resigned from Congress and settled with his bride in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he began a law practice. His retirement from politics wasbrief. He was soon elected to the town council, and then once again to the Virginia legislature. However, Monroe never lost touch with national politics. He corresponded regularly with both Jefferson and Madison. In 1786 Monroe attended the AnnapolisConvention, which had been called to consider interstate commerce and other matters...

• John Quincy Adams.

  man of my whole country.” When President Thomas Jefferson requested Senate approval of his treaty for the purchase of the French colony of Louisiana, Adams was the only New EnglandFederalist to vote in favor of it. He realized that the power and influence of his own New England would be reduced if the vast territory were added to the nation, but hewas convinced that the national interest would best be served by the purchase of Louisiana ( see Louisiana Purchase). Adams again broke with his New...

• John Quincy Adams

  man of my whole country.” When President Thomas Jefferson requested Senate approval of his treaty for the purchase of the French colony of Louisiana, Adams was the only New EnglandFederalist to vote in favor of it. He realized that the power and influence of his own New England would be reduced if the vast territory were added to the nation, but hewas convinced that the national interest would best be served by the purchase of Louisiana ( see Louisiana Purchase). Adams again broke with his New...

• 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...

• Louisiana - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 1.8 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 2.4 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 73 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 10 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 393 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 291 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 21.9 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 16.6...

• New Orleans - geography.

  levees bordering Lake Pontchartrain. On the 17th Street Canal, a section about 90 m (about 300 ft) wide collapsed, allowing a torrent of water to enter the city. The rapidlyrising waters flooded more than 80 percent of New Orleans. The disaster prompted a mandatory evacuation of the entire city. A week after the storm, the U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers finished patching the 17th Street Canal levee and began pumping water out of the city. But by then the damage was catastrophic. The city’s low-lyin...

• Pape de Louisiane Un splendide passereau américain.

• From Plessy v.

  We consider the underlying fallacy of the plaintiff's argument to consist in the assumption that the enforced separation of the two races stamps the colored race with abadge of inferiority. If this be so, it is not by reason of anything found in the act, but solely because the colored race chooses to put that construction upon it. Theargument necessarily assumes that if, as has been more than once the case and is not unlikely to be so again, the colored race should become the dominant power inth...

• Rutherford B.

  Governor Hayes gave Ohio an honest administration. During his two separate terms (from 1868 to 1872 and then from 1876 to 1877) were conspicuous, in that age ofpolitical corruption, for freedom from scandal and irregularities. Even newspapers that supported the opposition Democratic Party praised his administration. Although a Democratic legislature in Hayes's first term obstructed many of his liberal measures, he was able to reform the prison system. During his second term aRepublican majority...

• College Football Bowl Games.

  1995 Alabama 24Ohio State 17 1996 Tennessee 20Ohio State 14 1997 Tennessee 48Northwestern 28 1998 Florida 21Penn State 6 1999 Michigan 45Arkansas 31 2000 Michigan 37Florida 34 2001 1 Michigan 31Auburn 28 2002 Tennessee 45Michigan 17 2003 Auburn 13Penn State 9 2004 Georgia 34Purdue 27 2005 Iowa 30Louisiana State 25 2006 Wisconsin 24Auburn 10 2007 Wisconsin 17Arkansas 14 2008 Michigan 41Florida 35 1. In 2001 its name was changed from Citrus Bowl to Capital One Bowl. . Champs Sports Bowl.Year Winn...

• 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...

• 17 janvier 1800 Traité entre Bonaparte et les derniers chefs vendéens.

  habileté permet l’élaboration d’un document définitif que l’on commence de signer en ce jour. La religion catholique est considérée comme “ celle de la majorité des Français ” . Il revient au gouvernement de désigner les évêques que le pape institue. L’Etat garantit aux prêtres et aux évêques un traitement. L’Eglise, pour sa part, s’engage à ne pas inquiéter ceux qui ont fait l’acquisition de biens ecclésiastiques. 30 septembre 1800 Traité franco-américain de Mortefontaine. Les navires américai...

• Spencer Freddie, né en 1961 à Shreveport (Louisiane), pilote motocycliste américain.

• Richardson Henry Hobson , 1838-1886, né à Saint James Parish (Louisiane), architecte américain.

• Ces sauvages souffrent parmi eux un crime abominable, aussi nuisible à l'espèce humaine qu'il est dégoûtant en soi. Louis-Narcisse Baudry Des Lozières, Voyage à la Louisiane et sur le continent de l'Amérique septentrionale

• Haitian Slave Revolt.

  V EXTERNAL EFFECTS The Haitian revolt and independence had far-reaching effects on the United States, as well as other nearby countries and colonies. During the turmoil, many refugeesfled the island, pouring into seaports in the United States and the colony of Louisiana. These refugees from Saint-Domingue—white planters, mulatto artisans, and someAfrican slaves—brought with them their language, religion, laws, newspapers, education, art, and their skills at growing sugar, all of which strongly...

• 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...

• History of Colonial America - U.

  Despite the lack of settlement, New France prospered as a vast fur-trading enterprise. French explorers traveled deep into the North American continent seeking newsupplies of deerskins and beaver pelts. In 1673 French missionary Jacques Marquette reached the Mississippi River in present-day Wisconsin. In 1681 explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, traveled down the majestic Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. He honored the reign of King Louis XIV (1643-1715) by creating the newcolony...

• Oliver (Joe , dit King), 1885-1938, né à La Nouvelle-Orléans (Louisiane), cornettiste et chef d'orchestre américain.

• Précocement indépendants, nés des courants migratoires les plus variés fondus grâce au melting-pot, épris de libertés démocratiques, persuadés de la supériorité du capitalisme libéral, dotés de ressources abondantes, les États-Unis conservent leur rôle de superpuissance.

  suprême s'appelle la « Court of Appeals », les cours d'appel prennent le nom de « Appelate Courts » et les tribunaux de première instance, celui de « Supreme Courts ». Il n'existe pas de vraie hiérarchie entre les tribunaux fédéraux et les tribunaux des États de l'Union. Toutefois, en cas de divergence profonde sur un point de droit important entre les différents États, la Cour suprême des États-Unis peut accepter de juger une affaire sur pourvoi contre une décision de Cour suprême d'un...

• Exhibitions and Expositions.

  A Louisiana Purchase Exposition In 1904, St. Louis, Missouri, organized an exposition in celebration of the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase. The exposition, which cost about $20 million, attractedalmost 20 million persons and showed a profit of about $25 million. B Panama-Pacific International Exposition The Panama-Pacific International Exposition was held in San Francisco in 1915 to celebrate the construction and opening of the Panama Canal. More than $50 millionwas spent on this exposit...

• Mexican War.

  men, mostly Mexicans, rode to Nacogdoches to capture the rebellious Fredonians. The small garrison of Fredonians soundly defeated their attackers in the only battle ofthe rebellion. When Mexican troops arrived at Nacogdoches a short time later, the republic had been dissolved and the leader of the colonists had fled to Louisiana. B The Texas Revolution Although the Fredonians were not successful, by the 1830s the population of Mexican Texas included many immigrants from the United States. These...

• Texas - geography.

  D Climate Eastern Texas has a humid subtropical climate, while a semiarid low latitude climate prevails in central areas, and an arid low latitude climate in the extreme west. Alongthe coast the climate is much milder, with fewer extremes in temperatures. Hurricanes sometimes hit the coastal areas of Texas from late July through September, andtornadoes are common in north-central Texas in April and May. D1 Temperature Summers are hot throughout the state, and temperatures exceeding 35°C (95°F)...

• Texas - USA History.

  D Climate Eastern Texas has a humid subtropical climate, while a semiarid low latitude climate prevails in central areas, and an arid low latitude climate in the extreme west. Alongthe coast the climate is much milder, with fewer extremes in temperatures. Hurricanes sometimes hit the coastal areas of Texas from late July through September, andtornadoes are common in north-central Texas in April and May. D1 Temperature Summers are hot throughout the state, and temperatures exceeding 35°C (95°F)...