The modern French government is run very much like the government of theUnited States. France is a democratic republic that is divided into three branches,the Executive branch, the Legislative branch, and the Judicial branch. The Legislative branch is made up of the Parliament, which like the Unite...

The Hundred Years' War had distant and immediate causes. In 1259, France and England signed the Treaty of Paris. This main point of the treaty was the English king agreed to become vassal of the French crown for the duchy of Aquitaine. The English claimed Aquitaine as an ancient inheritance. The...