Jean Lafitte is considered to be one of the most interesting men that has ever lived. He was captain of a ship, and leader of a crew. He was also a nice man. For example, there was a small vessel struggling to get to shore and as they saw the brig Laffite was on he rescued them and nurtured them back to full health. The family he saved were not the only ones that accounted for his extreme and plentiful acts of bravery and kindness(or thievery). But don't forget, he was a sneaky little pirate. At least that is what people thought about him. He grew up in the area of Cedar Bayou, which is mainly swampland, and was training to be an evil, sneaky pirate. He captured and sold slaves in his early pirating career. For a short period of time he became the self named ruler of the republic(which means …show more content…
He had four brothers growing up but he lost them when he ran away from his family. He ran away because he was forced to work in a store that did not please him very well because of the labor it required. Later in his life Jean was ousted from the U.S. Navy in 1821(due to them knowing that he was a former pirate). He also decided that he would quit being a pirate and move on to a better lifestyle. Years after he ran away he found his brother Pierre in a blacksmith shop which is where his brother worked. Even though he quit pirating he still had “warrants” out for his acts of thievery. For example Governor Claiborne still had an arrest warrant for Jean Lafitte for stealing something of his.His legacy is probably the most interesting things about him. Old legends persist that Lafittte frequently branched out from his own headquarters(his house) in the Cedar Bayou area to multiple secluded
Ronald Joseph Dominique was born in Thibodaux , Louisiana,( Between New Orleans and Baton Rouge), on January 9, 1964. Thibodaux was a relatively well-sized city of about 14, 567 people. Ronald had attended Thibodaux High School and was involved in their glee club and choir, and unfortunately was a victim of sexual discrimination; Ronald was a victim of bullying where the students had accused him of homosexuality. Due to the event, as he aged he developed a sense of split- personality. One side of him would be a gentle, calm, mild -natured and friendly neighbor, and the other side of him was a cross-dressing drag queen attending homosexual bars. In fact, Ron was in the Lions Club just a few months before his arrest and his confession to the
James Bowie was born on April 10,1796 in Logan County Kentucky. His father actually fought in the American Revolution. His mother was a nurse that treated his father and they later fell in love. He was the 9th child of 10! As a child he was expected to farm in his home near Bayou Teche in Louisiana. He had moved many times previously places including Kentucky and Missouri. His family had a lot of cattle and farmland. He was home schooled which is where he learned to read, speak, and write English and he also learned how to speak, read, and write fluent Spanish and French. he was extremely smart and had a lot of "bad" He left home at the age of 18 with his brother Rezin. To gain money him and his brother entered a partner ship with the pirate
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Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet down the Mississippi to explore the unsettled land in North America. Jacques Marquette was a Missionary from France exploring the unsettled land to spread his religion and build relationships with the native americans. Louis Joliet was a canadian fur trader exploring the unsettled land to find new trade routes. Marquette traveled down the mississippi. They mapped out the mississippi and made peace with the Quapaw Indians and were given calumet which is a peace
Jacques Cousteau was born June 11, 1910 in Saint Andre De Cubzac, France he had 4 children. He married twice and had 4 grandchildren. He was a French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water. He co-developed the Aqua-Lung, pioneered marine conservation and was a member of the Académie française.
Geoffrey of Villehardouin (in French Geoffroi de Villehardouin) (1160–c.1212) was a knight and historian who participated in and chronicled the Fourth Crusade. He was one of the main persons of the Fourth Crusade and his full title was: "Geoffrey of Villehardouin, Marshal of Champagne and of Romania".
Although Monsieur de Villefort was a blunt and unempathetic man, he often feared his darkest secrets would be revealed. While married to his first wife, Renee, he had an affair with Madame Danglars, who in turn became pregnant. The child was believed to be dead and as Villefort was going to bury the small box containing the body of his child, he was attacked by a man who swore to kill Villefort after he refused to punish the man who killed the attackers brother. The child, who was in fact not dead, was raised by the man who attacked Villefort, named Bertuccio. Bertuccio raised the baby boy, later named Benedetto, with his sister-in-law. Benedetto had sworn to himself to one day reveal who his birth father is to get revenge for him being almost buried alive. Once this information was brought up in a
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known as Moliere, was a playwright during the French Enlightenment age. This time period, also known as the Age of Reason, was labeled this way to describe the new way of thinking, learning, writing, and so much more; the Age of Reason is the time period of great exploration and discovery. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a nun who wrote about her observations throughout life was also a large part of the Age of Reason.
Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain (The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain), or more affectionately known as Amélie, is a French film that spotlights a shy, Parisian waitress that finds delight in seemingly insignificant things such as dipping her hands in grain at the corner market, watching the reactions of people behind her during a film at the movie theater, and skipping stones on the Saint-Martin Canal. Amélie expresses this when she exclaims, “I like to look for things no one else catches.” In the first part of the film, Amélie has an epiphany that provides her with a sense of meaning. Despite her introvertedness, she is determined to help others achieve happiness in the most unpredictable, wonderful ways. Furthermore, she creates a
Simone de Beauvoir was born in Paris, France, in 1908 to a relatively well-off, Catholic family. She spent her earlier years attending religious schools and at one point considered becoming a nun, however by the age of 14, de Beauvoir declared herself an atheist and decided to pursue her studies in philosophy. She became one of the best in her class at Sorbonne University where she also met Jean-Paul Sartre, a man with whom she shared her intellectual ideas, as well as a very on-and-off relationship.
Joseph Achille Le Bel was a French Chemist who was born January 21, 1847, and died August 6, 1930 in Paris. Joseph had an interesting personal life. He studied at a French school called Ecole Polytechniques in Paris. Achille also had a very successful professional career with many great findings. Le Bel worked in stereochemistry in which he achieved many accomplishments.
Francois Pierre de la Varenne was a French culinary specialist who rehearsed in the primary portion of the 1600s.
Simone de Beauvoir has endured many experiences in her life, stemming from her works of writing and applying it to feminism and societal changes. The works of Beauvoir have reached the outermost parts of the world and has changed the feminism writing sector of the world for the better. Simone de Beauvoir was born on January 9th, 1908 to a predominately French family (Mussett, Simone de Beauvoir). Simone’s father was a right wing conservative and an atheist, who had aristocratic connections in his society (Mussett, Simone de Beauvoir). Simone’s father provided Simone with great works of books and literature and motivated her to read and write at an early age. He was always interested in her developmental years and pushed her studying habits
Jules Gabriel Verne was born on February 8, 1828, to parents Sophie Allote de la Fuÿe and Pierre Verne. He was born a French citizen, on an artificial island called Île Feydeau. The island was situated in Nantes on the Loire River. His father was an attorney and his mother was from a family of Scottish navigators. Verne had three sisters, Anna, Mathilde and Marie, and one brother, Paul. He was the oldest of the five children. Verne had a stable household throughout his childhood, and he received a good education.
Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, known today as Simone de Beauvoir, was born on January 9, 1908, in Paris, France. She was raised in a Roman Catholic middle-class family who was a precocious and intellectually curious person. She was an outstanding French philosopher and writer. She worked with other great writers which helped her create amusing writings on ethics, fiction, politics’, and feminism. Jean- Paul Sartre was the man she fell in love with while in Sorbonne, they were together for 50 years.