Answers To: In The Beginning By Terri Morrison and Wayne A. Conaway © Copyright 2004, All Rights Reserved B. In 1807, after Napoleon I invaded Portugal, the Portuguese royal family fled to Brazil, where the Portuguese Empire was ruled from 1808 to 1821. A. George Washington visited in 1751 with his older half-brother, Lawrence. False. France was the first to recognize the new nation on December 17, 1777. True. Haiti is the only country where former slaves have taken over the reigns of government. A, 2; B, 4; C, 1; D, 3; E, 5 False. The Battle of Bannockburn was fought in 1314, and was the deciding battle for Scotland's independence. The Treaty of Northampton was signed by King Edward II in 1328. Robert the Bruce died the following year. False. Belgium broke away from the Netherlands in 1830. A. In 1866, several thousand Irish veterans of the US Civil War invaded Canada and held the nation for ransom to force Britain to give Ireland its independence. This ill-conceived Fenian Revolt ended with relatively few casualties. C. These unique Cura&ccedilao oranges also provide flavoring to Triple Sec, Cointreau, and Grand Marnier. True. The Portuguese brought guns to Japan in the 1500s, but the weapons were eventually considered to be incompatible with samurai honor and were banned for almost two centuries.