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    The United States of America is a country located on the continent of North America that is ruled by a federal authority. France, conversely, is a country located on the continent of Europe with a semi-presidential republic. These two forms of government utilized by each country are both similar and different, although they are both democratic republics. Both nations have a written constitution and use a system of checks and balances that divide power into three branches: the legislative, the executive

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    United State being an independent country, the Presidents had to make important decisions in crucial situation. Two presidents that’ve made important decisions for the United States was George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. George Washington made an important Presidential decision with his Proclamation of Neutrality and Farewell Address. Thomas Jefferson made an important Presidential decision with the passage of the Embargo Act. These presidents made some important decisions which would have an

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    Becoming president, Thomas Jefferson had to make a decision whether to go against his moral dilemma or to stay true to it. Thomas Jefferson had just as many advantages as there were disadvantages purchasing the Louisiana Territory. When Thomas Jefferson became president he had a major problem to fix. In the early 1800s Americans discovered that Spain and France signed a treaty giving France the Louisiana Territory which would give them the port of New Orleans and the Mississippi River. The government

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    became the 2nd president ("History.com"). He was a man that would fight against Great Britain because of their unfair taxes ("History.com"). Adams sailed across the Atlantic sea to see our alliance between France completed("John Adams Diplomat to France | Boston Tea Party Museum"). He went from Boston's best Attorney to the 2nd President of the US (Dwyer). John Adams spoke out against the British in the American Revolution, was a diplomat sent to Europe, and the second president of the United States

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    Introduction      France, which is the largest nation in Western Europe, is a presidential republic. France is a very important nation in Europe and it continues to be involved in contemporary policy issues. Helping the world as one of the great trading nations, France is a very important trading partner with the United States. Not only is France important to the United States, they are also important to countries all over the world. Their abundance of both mineral and agricultural

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    According to a lecture from POSC 458 - the Vietnam Wars, President Gerald R. Ford, perhaps not in any fault of his own, faced a fierce Congress who continued to reject funding the war in Vietnam. This is perhaps because of the Watergate scandal that essentially forced a president of the United States to resign the presidency for the first and thus far only time in the history of the United States. Perhaps, the United States Congress could no longer ignore the ever loud disapproval of the American

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    led as the Prime Minster of North Vietnam and then as the President of North Vietnam. Any indications that could falsify the aforementioned hypothesis will also be discussed to see if that could be justified or excused to maintain the hypothesis remain true. As stated in the lecture for Political Science 458 – The Vietnam Wars, Ho Chi Minh was a nationalist who wanted Vietnam to gain its independence from its colonizer – France. France occupied Vietnam during the period of 1887 – 1954, when Vietnam

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    In France, if you are a president, you can serve for a term that lasts 5 years. As president, you can be elected again, for another 5 years, but after that, your out of office. In America, you only serve terms of 4 years long, but you can be elected twice too. To be president, you have to be a French citizen and you need at least 500 signatures from elected government officials, like mayors. Signatures meaning like sponsors, people who are backing up your campaign, this rule is there to prevent too

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    Gaulle was the president of France from 1958- 69. He helped to design the Fifth Republic of France, and created a public ideology of Gaullism which has had a major impact on French Politics (BBC). Some of his major contributions to history include granting Algeria independence, withdrawing from Nato, and building his own nuclear deterrent. In 1940 Germany invaded France and took over Paris. Petain, a Frenchman and Nazi sympathizer, supported the Germans and helped them control France. However, while

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    George Washington was a genius when it came to war and strategizing for great attacks; while John Adams was a brilliant lawyer and diplomat that helped avoid a great war between America and France. Though both were great men and presidents, there are a lot more similarities between the two than meets the eye. George Washington alone demonstrated very good characteristics of a visionary leader and had the power to maintain a coherency between long-range ideas, goals, and short-term actions. John

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