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The French Alliance

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THE FRENCH ALLIANCE

HARRIS AND GRIFFIN
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BATTLE OF SARATOGA

CONVINCED EUROPEAN POWERS, MAINLY FRANCE
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REASONS FOR THE FRENCH INVOLVEMENT

  • The loss of the 7 years war
  • France didn't want Britain to be to powerful
  • Benjamin Franklin convinced king Louie XVI
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FRENCH AID SUPPLIED

  • Gunpowder
  • A Navy
  • Financial support
  • Spent 1.3 billion livres on American revolution
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MARQUIS LAFAYETTE

ENLISTED IN 1777 AGE 20 IMPORTANT FRENCH GENERAL

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