The term isosceles can also refer to the trapezoid, a quadrilateral with a single pair of parallel sides. Much like the triangle, an isosceles trapezoid has a pair of equal non-parallel lines, a single line of reflective symmetry and a pair of matching angles.
Synopsis. The Marquis de Lafayette was born on September 6, 1757, in Chavaniac, France. He served the Continental Army with distinction during the American Revolutionary War, providing tactical leadership while securing vital resources from France.
RenÃ©-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, (born Nov. 22, 1643, Rouen, Franceâdied March 19, 1687, near Brazos River [now in Texas, U.S.]), French explorer in North America, who led an expedition down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers and claimed all the region watered by the Mississippi and its tributaries for Louis XIV of France, naming the region ...