American Culture And Its Influence On French Culture

They have a great appreciation for it, however, they tend to enjoy arguments and disagreements. They look at these things as interesting. They value someone that can argue with great skill. This is a complete contrast of the United States. We tend to try to avoid arguments and look down upon it. We try to be liked and attempt to agree with people that we are trying to build a relationship with or hold a conversation with. The French would rather voice their opinions and appear non-hypocritical than to agree or compromise how they feel.

There are many cultural differences between the United States and France. Some of these are simply social and others are cultural. Hofstede’s Value Dimensions can be used to highlight the differences between the cultures. Individualism vs collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity/femininity, power distance, and long-term vs short-term orientation are all characteristics that differ between France and the United States.

For the most part, the French spent many years in trying to establish a colony in North America and they were unsuccessful because of various reason. In the meantime, this created to opportunity for the Spanish t to establish a relationship with the Native Americans. As stated in text, “French fishermen continued to visit the Grand Banks regularly and began to trade with the Native Americans for beaver skins” (Reich, 2011, p. 37). The beaver skins were very popular in Europe and in 1600s Samuel de Champlain founded the fur trading post at Port Royal and in Quebec (Reich, 2011, p. 37). The French valued their relationship with the Native Americans for various reasons and I will discuss some in depth. First, most of the Indian tribes were at

President John Adams had sent several delegates, one of them being John Martial, to France to help sort out the issues between France and the US, such as the United States not honoring the Franco-American Treaty, formed back during the American Revolution, when France had its revolution, by meeting with minister Talleyrand of France. Three of Talleyrand’s men met with the delegates and told them Talleyrand refused to meet unless a large amount of money was payed. The delegates returned home and informed President Adams, who was outraged. The name of the Affair comes from the substituting of the three French men’s’ names with X, Y, and Z in a Congress report.

As you can tell america’s and france versions may be different but they are alike i some ways. Like america’s christmas on the day after, get up in time to watch their children find christmas presents under the tree and unwrap them with excitement. Also we have a nice family gathering near christmas time. And we write letters to santa. But like us france has their children prepare their letter to ‘le pere noel” Something that is kinda alike to our traditions.

Throughout the course of time, Quebec has transformed into a strong, stable country. Quebec City is the capital of Canada and Quebec is Canada's second most populous province. Quebec, a province in east-central Canada, is a predominantly French-speaking population, and the only one to have French as its sole provincial official language. This fact results in Canada having two official languages: French and English. With a multitude of available resources, large infrastructure, and stable economy, Quebec contains the ability to be a viable, healthy country, on its own. If Quebec was to gain independence, it would have various impacts on the remainder of Canada, the United States, and France. This independence would result in a loss of cultural diversity in Canada, a creation of new quota laws in the United States, and differences in communication and an increase in miscommunication between France, Canada, and Quebec.

See after the war the in the Treaty of Paris the British agreed to make sure that none of the French remaining in the Americas would be secure. Many of the French that had stayed behind were still residing in Quebec so for the British they had to no longer worry about their colonists, but the Frenchmen too. Most of the French's ideology didn’t match with the British. First off many were of Catholic faith and they were according to the Treaty of Paris not to lose their lands. What the British could do though is exclude them from certain practices such as voting and holding office due to their religious faith. So for many of the Frenchmen they would see new elected officials who might not fit their culture or religious ideals. This would cause some issues for them as well just like how their American colonists were experiencing at the time.

When Europeans arrived in North America, they encountered the Native Americans. This encounter was fraught with difficulties for both sides, for the Native Americans more so than the Europeans. Europeans conquered the Native Americans, forced them into labor, and spread diseases which the Native Americans had no resistance to. In addition to this the Europeans considered themselves superior to the Native Americans. Despite this, the Europeans and Native Americans both had things the other wanted and so they frequently engaged in trade with each other. However, the Native Americans thought that, despite not having the luxuries the Europeans had, they were better off than the Europeans. This sentiment is exemplified in “Your People Live Only Upon Cod” by French priest Chrestian LeClerq who was traveling with the Micmac Indians. It is a documented response by an unknown Micmac leader to European, particularly French, claims of superiority. In analyzing this document, we will find that the cultures of the French and the Micmacs were vastly different. We will also discover what the Micmacs and the French thought of each other.

French concepts are all over America. Everyone who lives here experiences French elements in their daily life. The root of these French influences come from when the French immigrated here hundreds of years ago. The city with the most French influence is New Orleans. New Orleans adopted many traditions and customs from the French. This is due to it once being France’s territory. Even today, New Orleans still has many French qualities,

At first the French and American Revolutions may seem to have many similarities, they both took place around the same time and championed a democratic society and liberty, but on further examination there are many distinctions between the two wars. While Americans yearned to gain independence from Britain and form a new nation, the French tried to overthrow the established monarchy in order to create a new government. The colonists fought to keep a newly formed government, but the revolutionists attempted to overthrow an established order.

The view of the culture during this time period was more of the same. People were in this time period were already tired of the government for many years, so the culture had been changed prior to the actual beginning of the American Revolution. It changed the political views all around the globe. It made the political leaders fear what could happen in the future as stated above. One event that could be compared to the Revolutionary War at this time period would be the French Revolution, which took place in 1789 and lasted many years(History5). This event in today’s world would be viewed as not really a normal thing. The main difference from then and now is just the style of the war. In the 1770’s the 1780’s, armies did not have nearly anything

Hello, Vicente. I agree with your point of view, French colonist managed better than English their relationship with local tribes. Mutual agreements and economical benefits with fur trade and military alliances. One of the remarks on the History of US book reflects the real interest of French people on know Indian customs, the book states “they (French) even send men to live with the Indians to study their culture to build better relations”. I can imagine the building of trust between the two parts, with respect for each one culture. If that approach were kipped for longer, without confrontation, probably the end result would be a more cultural reach today America.

Between 1790 and 1920 it was a tough time for the Indians. During that period Native Americans were forced to convert to the European-American Culture. Their whole life changed, the way of living, religion, and especially their children’s future. It was wrong of Americans to convert natives into a different society that they saw fit and not letting them express their own culture and treating them as an unworthy society.

Using Hofstede’s four cultural dimensions as a point of reference, what are some of the main cultural differences between the United States and France?

The French are all about preserving their culture and being individualized. They often take great pride in the French products and the French style, and believe in keeping the French culture “pure” so they also limit the amount of foreign goods that are being imported. But during the World Wars the French began to allow foreigners to immigrate into France to take jobs due to an increase in job shortages. The immigration from the World Wars added to the diversity of the French culture. Ever since the 1850’s there has been a steady flow of immigration into France, and now nine percent of the French population is made up of immigrants (Gofen 62). The break down of the cultures in France is eighty-five percent of the French population is Roman