The major difference between a democracy and a republic is that a republic is a form of government whereas a democracy is an ideology that helps shape how a government is run. Put another way: a republic is the system of government that allows a country to be democratic!
The American colonists were able to confirm an official alliance with the Government of France and obtain French assistance in the war against Great Britain.
Genesis is an account of the creation of the world and the origins of the Jewish people. It is divisible into two parts, the primeval history and the ancestral history.