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French Help

Published on Dec 11, 2020

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French Help

The French were essential to the american's win in the Revolutionary war

this statue is of a Frenchman who fought in the revolutionary war

HE, LAFAYETTE, IS A SHOW OF IDEALS FOR MODERN PATRIOTISM

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Lafayette WAS A FREnCH NOBLEMAN WHO BECAME FRIENDS WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON DURING the course OF THE WAR

FRENCH INCLUDING LAFAYETTE CONFRONTED 7,500 BRITISH TROOPS AND DROVE THEM FROM VIRGINIA TO YORKTOWN

Photo by David Guyler

WHILE LAFAYETTE HELD YORK TOWN WITH FRENCH SOLDIERS MORE AMERICAN AND FRENCH SOLDIERS CAME OVER SHIP TO HELP

they won the siege which was the turning point in the war.

THE FRENCH JOINED AFTER THE LAST British GENERAL of the first WAS KILLED AND 1000 REDCOATS DIED

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THEY JOINED BECAUSE THEY WERE ENEMIES WITH BRITAIN AND THEY THOUGHT THE COLONISTS HAD A CHANCE

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THE FRENCH ONLY THOUGHT THAT THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WOULD ONLY LAST 6 MONTHS BUT IT LASTED 6 YEARS

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THEY HELPED THE COLONISTS BY FIGHTING BRITAIN BY SEA FRENCH KEEP THE BRITISH CORNERED IN THE HARBOR

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The French CAME BY SEA, their ships stopped Britain from helping from sea

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THE FIRST FRENCH FLEET THAT Helped DIDN’T PUSH BRITAIN BACK AND WAS IN A NUMBER OF OTHER BATTLES BEFORE GOING BACK TO FRANCE

43 VESSELS CAME FROM FRANCE IN 1781 TO HELP AND WERE A BIG PART OF THE REASON BRITISH SOLDIERS COULDN’T ESCAPE OVER WATER.

6,000 FRENCH SOLDIERS HELPED WASHINGTON WITH THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN

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THERE WAS A LARGE SPY NETWORK BETWEEN THE COLONISTS AND THE FRENCH

Photo by Sergiu Nista

the french were crucial to the war because they provided land and water support the Americans desperately needed.

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