for French people there is nothing 'French' in plaits.
That hairstyle is not specially popular and is just called plaits tranlated in French as 'une tresse / des tresses'
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The American victory at the Battle of Saratoga convinced France to become an ally of the United States.
They wore skirts just past the knee. A white shirt. sensible shoes and a woolen jumper. Hair in plaits (neat pigtails)
Well, he exclaimed himself to be the emperor of France, but officially he never was. When Napoleon was up and coming in France, France just came out of the French revolution, leaving the country confused and steerless. The monarchy was demolished, but now who would rule the country? Napoleon took advantage of this confusement and decided to take the wheel.
He was French, born in Corsica just after it was transferred from Genoa to France. (Corsica became part of France in 1768. Napoleon was born in 1769.) Since Corsica was part of France, Napoleon was a citizen of France. As a citizen he joined the army and began his rise to power and made his mark on the world.
This answer is a bit vague... but will help you to do further research. When the Nazis invaded France, they occupied the south, and the north - which was called vichy France, was supposedly 'free France' (but was still very nazi). marcheal petain was the leader of vichy France, he was called a collaborator for this as he complied with all nazi ideology. If you research Petain, and collaborators you will get more info... this is just what i can remember from my research. You will also, when reseraching vichy France, find a map which will show the occupied and vichy France divide.