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Jacques Cartier, (born 1491, Saint-Malo, Brittany, France), French mariner, whose explorations of the Canadian coast and the St. Lawrence River (1534, 1535, 1541–42) laid the basis for later French claims to North America.
In 1793,France,under the leadership of Napoleon,declared war on Spain,Britain and Holland.The United States lacked the resources and desire to enter the Napoleonic Wars,and even Jefferson agreed with Hamilton and Washington that USA should remain neutral.
US neutrality was compromised when Citizen Zenet,the French ambassador to the United States,began to recruit Americans to fight for the French.Additionally,Genet tried to use American ports to launch French naval attacks on the British and use American soil to train French troops.
Hamilton argued that the US did not need to honour the 1778 treaty because it had been an agreement with the king of France ,not with the new French Republic established during the French Revolution.hamilton also encouraged Washington to deny Genet's request that the United States repay its debts to France in advance.
The renaissance impacted our world today because it started new techniques for creating paintings.
Justinian was one of the most important rulers from the over 1000 years of rule of the Byzantine Empire. He created many codes, or laws, to unify the empire. He spread religion throughout the Byzantines. Expanding the empire was also a big achievement made by him. The most important architectural monument of the Byzantines, the Hagia Sophia, was also created at this time.
(Sorry, I'm a World History geek, I took AP World History freshman year ;))
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The Great Retreat (French: Grande Retraite), also known as the Retreat from Mons, is the name given to the long withdrawal to the River Marne in August and September 1914 by the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and the French Fifth Army, Allied forces on the Western Front in the First World War, after their defeat by the armies of the German Empire at the Battle of Charleroi (21 August) and the Battle of Mons (23 August).
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