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Students made a list of the ways the French have influenced American life, culture and history:

French Influence on the USA

  1. Mardi Gras
  2. Louisiana Purchase
  3. Language
  4. Clothing
  5. Music
  6. Art
  7. Architecture
  8. Tradition
  9. Large Portraits
  10. French and Indian war
  11. Jazz leading into swing and rock and roll
  12. cuisine
  13. fashion
  14. French words becoming part of the English language
  15. Discovered Uranus
  16. Ally in wars
  17. RSVP is a French Abbreviation
  18. Statue of Liberty
  19. Louis Pasteur
  20. Super power during US colonization
  21. French bread
  22. French quarter in New Orleans
  23. Ally in WWI
  24. Ally in WWII
  25. US took over for France in Vietnam
  26. US went through France on D-Day
  27. Ally in Revolutionary War
  28. Napoleon
  29. Soccer influence
  30. Tony Parker
  31. wine/vineyards
  32. French Immigrants
  33. Catholicism
  34. perfume
  35. croissants
  36. influence on Native Americans-Creole
  37. US models Eiffel Tower
  38. Tour de France
  39. street signs
  40. Fur Trade
  41. French in movies
  42. French kiss
  43. French Fries
  44. French Horn
  45. French Vanilla
  46. Frenchis Mustard
  47. Grey Poupon
  48. French Bread Pizza

 

 

 

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