The French Revolution, and more importantly its aftermath, resulted in the first major split in American national politics, which later grew and ended up in the first party system.
Thomas Jefferson, along with his followers, was pro-French, while Alexander Hamilton, John Adams and their associates were anti-French Revolution.
United States of America fought an undeclared war with the rise of Napoleon, pro-British a series of naval skirmishes known as the Quasi-War, with the Directory in 1798.
West Germany formally joined NATO on May 5, 1955, and the Warsaw Pact was signed less than two weeks later, on May 14. Joining the USSR in the alliance were Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), Hungary, Poland and Romania.
Mt.Olympus was the residence of twelve Greek Gods, with Zeus as the leader.
The public school students' <em>silent</em> protest, by using <em>symbols</em>, in the form of armbands, during school time, cost the students a suspension, because it was considered a <em>violation of a school rule</em>. After the case had been judged by the Supreme Court, they finally won the case. But the outcome could be different, if their protest used "indecent speech" or promoted illegal drug use.
