French Imperialism and the Struggles of Vietnam essays

French Imperialism and the Struggles of Vietnam essays Nguyen Thai Hoc tried to fight against the imperialism of the French, so he formed the Vietnamese Nationalist Party during the 1920s. Nguyen explains in his document, "Letter to the French Chamber of Deputies," how everyone has the right to defend his own land, and if the French are going to try and rule over his country, then why are Vietnamese treated in a completely different way from the French citizens? When looking at the French document entitled, "National Assembly, Declaration of the Rights of Man And Of The Citizen" one passage describes the rights of the French citizen. The documents states, Men are born free and remain free and equal in rights. How can a country that believes in these rights have the ability to take control over Vietnam and treat these native people with no respect or care for their well-being? Another intriguing document is Jules Ferry's Speech Before The National Assembly. Ferry points out how he feels that, Superior races have the rights over inferior races and that French Imperialism is a necessity that will benefit not only France but also Europe as a whole, as if that region is the only that matters. Ferry believes France is doing nothing wrong by taking over other countries, controlling how they live and what type of government they can and cannot have. Nguyen feels the French are holding back Vietnams chance of growing on its own and that the French need to leave. The document, by Phan Thanh Gian, entitled, "Letter To Emperor Tu Duc And Last Message to his Administrators, shows how the French came to Vietnam in the 1830s and ended up staying in Vietnam, sending more and more troops to fight against the Vietnamese. They did this until they sustained a sufficient amount of control over the country. The French kept expanding their power, and eventually the Viet namese had to give up their fight. It is very fascinating to read the idea...

Kosmoceratops - Facts and Figures

Kosmoceratops - Facts and Figures Name: Kosmoceratops (Greek for ornate horned face); pronounced KOZZ-moe-SEH-rah-tops Habitat: Plains and woodlands of North America Historical Period: Late Cretaceous (75-65 million years ago) Size and Weight: About 15 feet long and 1-2 tons Diet: Plants Distinguishing Characteristics: Quadrupedal posture; ornate skull with numerous horns and downward-curving frill About Kosmoceratops For years, Styracosaurus held the title as the worlds most ornately decorated ceratopsian dinosauruntil the recent discovery of Kosmoceratops (Greek for ornate horned face) in southern Utah. Kosmoceratops sported so many evolutionary bells and whistles on its massive skull that its a wonder it didnt topple over when it walked: this elephant-sized herbivores head was decorated with no less than 15 horns and horn-like structures of various sizes, including a pair of large horns above its eyes vaguely resembling those of a bull, as well as a downward-curving, bizarrely segmented frill completely unlike anything seen in any previous ceratopsian. As is the case with another recently discovered horned frilled dinosaur, Utahceratops, the strange appearance of Kosmoceratops can at least partially be explained by its unique habitat. This dinosaur lived on a large island in western North America, called Laramidia, that was demarcated and bordered by the shallow Western Interior Sea, which covered much of the continents interior during the late Cretaceous period. Relatively isolated from the mainstream of dinosaur evolution, Kosmoceratops, like the other fauna of Laramidia, was free to progress in its bizarre direction. The question remains, though: why did Kosmoceratops evolve such a unique combination of frill and horns? Usually, the main driver of such an evolutionary process is sexual selectionover the course of millions of years, female Kosmoceratops came to favor multiple horns and funky frills during mating season, creating an arms race among males to outdo one another. But these features may also have evolved as a way to differentiate Kosmoceratops from other ceratopsian species (it wouldnt do for a juvenile Kosmoceratops to accidentally join a herd of Chasmosaurus), or even for purposes of communication (say, a Kosmoceratos alpha turning its frill pink to signal danger).