a bayou (in the U.S.) is a body of water typically found in a flat , low-lying area, and can either be an extremely slow-moving stream/river (often with a poorly defined shoreline) or a marshy lake/wetland.
Two of the main events that fueled the start of the French Revolution were the Enlightenment and the "American Revolution," since the Americans proved that a great and mighty power could be overthrown.
King John I may forever be known as a Bad King following that seminal history textbook 1066 and All That, but according to history authors, it is Henry VIII who should bear the title of the worst monarch in history