Pierre Soulé

(noun)

(August 31, 1801–March 26, 1870) A U.S. politician and diplomat from Louisiana best known for his role in creating the Ostend Manifesto, which was written in 1854 as part of an attempt to annex Cuba to the United States. The Manifesto was denounced, especially by antislavery elements, and Soulé himself came under severe attack.

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  • The Ostend Manifesto and Cuba

    • Minister to Spain Pierre Soulé met with U.S.
    • To Marcy's chagrin, the flamboyant Soulé made no secret of the diplomatic meetings, causing unwanted publicity in both Europe and the United States.
    • To preserve what favorable relations the administration had left, Soulé was ordered to cease discussion of Cuba, and he promptly resigned.
    • Pierre Soulé, the driving force behind the Ostend Manifesto and its resultant political fallout.

  • Discovery of Radioactivity

    • She and her husband, Pierre, soon discovered two new radioactive elements, which she named polonium, after her native land of Poland, and radium, because it radiates.

  • Norman Architecture

    • The Church of Saint-Pierre is a prime example of Norman architecture.
    • It is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Peter; it is situated on the Place Saint Pierre in the center of Caen, in Normandy, in Northern France .
    • Pierre is a good example of Norman architecture.

  • Summary and references

    • Dussauge, Pierre and Bernard Garrette, Will Mitchell (2000). " Learning from competing partners: outcomes and durations of scale and link alliances in Europe, North America and Asia".

  • The Seven Years' War: 1754-1763

    • Three prominent French expeditions took place between 1747-1754 under the leadership of Pierre-Joseph Céloron, Charles Michel de Langlade, and Paul Marin de la Malgue, respectively.
    • Governor Robert Dinwiddie of Virginia responded to the French expeditions in 1753 by ordering Major George Washington of the Virginia militia to send a message to the commander of the French forces in the Ohio Country, Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre.
    • In September of 1760, Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal and the King's Governor of New France, negotiated a surrender with British General Jeffrey Amherst to bring an end to the French and Indian war portion of the Seven Years' War.

  • Art Informel in Europe

    • Important proponents of the style were Jean-Paul Riopelle, Jean Dubuffet, Pierre Soulages, Nicholas de Stael, Hans Hartung, Serge Poliakoff, Georges Mathieu and Jean Messagier, among several others .

  • A Brief Definition of Business Ethics

  • Japanese Art in the Showa Period

    • Yasui Sōtarō was strongly influenced by the the realistic styles of the French artists Jean-François Millet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Paul Cézanne; he incorporated clear outlines and vibrant colors in his portraits and landscapes, combining western realism with the softer touches of traditional Nihonga techniques.
    • Yasui Sōtarō was strongly influenced by the the realistic styles of the French artists Jean-François Millet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and, in particular, Paul Cézanne.

  • Social Status

    • Twentieth century French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu continued to theorize social status .

  • Intelligence and Inequality

    • The term educational capital is a concept that expands upon the theoretical ideas of French sociologist and anthropologist Pierre Bourdieu who applied the notion of capital to social capital, cultural capital, and symbolic capital.
    • Pierre Bourdieu and Basil Bernstein explored how the cultural capital of the dominant classes has been viewed throughout history as the "most legitimate knowledge. " How schools choose the content and organization of curriculum and instructional practices connects scholastic knowledge to dynamics of class, gender, and race both outside and inside our institutions of education.