By: Daniel Pham

January 26th, 2006

•European country
•80% size of Texas
•Famous for tourism
•Eiffel tower
•Great art schools
Geography

•France is located on the

continent of Europe.
•46.00 North and 02.00
East
•Spain, Belgium,
Germany, Italy,
Luxembourg, Monaco,
Andorra, and Switzerland
borders France
•Between the Atlantic and
the Mediterranean
•Tourism
•Notre Dame Cathedral
•Eiffel tower
•Chateaus
•Fishing
•Cod, crabs, lobsters, monkfish,
mussels, oysters, Pollock,
sardines, tuna, and whiting
11th-13th Agriculture and trade expands, royal power gains ground.
Centuries
14th-15th Rivalry between France and England causes the Hundred- Year
Centuries War
16th century Religious wars between Catholics and Protestants
1610-1715 Royal power at its strongest- France dominates Europe
18th century Age of Enlightenment
1789-1799 Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen- Elimination of
the monarchy
1815-1848 Restoration and constitutional monarchy.
1848-1852 First laws on labor, the press and education
1875-1914 Separation of church and state
1914-1918 Allied victory Peace treaties
1939-1945 World War II
1946-1957 Fourth Republic
1981-1995 Death penalty abolished
1997 Signing of the Amsterdam Treaty
2002 Euro bills and coins are introduced
2005 Riot broke out over racism
•Eiffel tower built in •Yearly people mourn
1887-1889 for the practitioners
•The builder of the killed by Jiang Zermin’s
Eiffel Tower was named regime in front of the
Gustave Eiffel Eiffel Tower (shown in
the background picture)
•The Tour de France is
•This race consist of
a very famous event
athletes that ride bikes
that takes place in
around France
France every year

•Lance Armstrong won •Lance Armstrong won 7

the latest race consecutive races
The Culture of France

•The main language is

French.

•The main religions of the

country is catholic.
The Cities of France!

•The nation of France has

a rural percentage of
12% and 88% are urban.
•The major cities is Paris
which is also the capitol.
•The blue on this special flag
stands for purity, the red
stands for bravery and blood
spilled but the soldiers before
them, and the white stands for
equality

•The flag was adopted in

February 15, 1794
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