My eighty-five-year-old mother power walks two miles each day, drives her car safely, climbs stairs, does crosswords and reads the daily newspaper. Therefore, it seems that people approaching retirement age should relax and not worry too much about medical or mental issues until they are much older._

France played a key role in the american revolutionary war (american war of independence; 1775–1783). motivated by the ideals of the new nation which were inspired by the french enlightenment, as well as its long-term rivalry with britain and so as to avenge their territorial losses during the french and indian war, france secretly began sending supplies to the americans in 1775.