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American involvement in Vietnam actually dates back to 1953, at the request of the French. The Gulf of Tonkin Incident is what led to an escalation of US involvement in 1965.
The Proclamation of Neutrality prohibited American citizens from fighting in the war between Britain and French. It also barred French and British warships from American ports.
The French because they wanted revenge on Britain for fighting against them in the French and Indian War.
They competed over resources in the Ohio River Valley
Because of their red jackets and of their European tactical methods of fighting, unfit to the American terrain.
The French and Indian War
1. The French were technically fighting well armed Indochinese insurgents; as they were subjects of France (or were considered subjects of France). 2. The Americans were technically fighting another nation, North Vietnam; and their communist allies in the south, called the Viet Cong. Thus: The French were fighting insurgents; the Americans were fighting a regular army, navy, and air force (of North Vietnam).
The French and Indian War erupted.
France and England were fighting world wide for supremacy. In North America the French and Native American allies fought against the British army and English settlers in the 13 colonies.
The French revolution was a class struggle and social revolution similar to a civil war. The American revolution was a colonial insurrection in which the colonies were fighting for autonomy.
The french people were fighting to overthrow the monarchy that was their government.
the french were fighting about equal rights, and for fair taxes.