Alsace-Lorraine Document Based Question

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The region of Alsace-Lorraine has historically produced conflict between France and Germany. As a result of the Alsace-Lorraine provincial boundary changes, the people within the area had and still withhold individual national and cultural identities. These unique identities emanate from French, as well as German traditions. As time progressed so did the sentiment of the Alsatians. In 1871, when Prussia annexed Alsace-Lorraine, its citizens objected German rule. Conversely, in 1919 when France reclaimed the territory, the people in it began to yearn for the formally loathed German rule. The national and cultural identity of Alsace-Lorraine fluctuated inversely with its territorial modifications.
Initially, the Alsatians made their resistance of German control of their land evident. In response to the concession of Alsace, established in the Treaty Of Frankfurt (1871), Alsatian leaders presented a declaration to the French National Assembly. The proclamation declared that there had been numerous sacrifices made in the name of the French state by the Alsatians, and the least that F...

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