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Who is Marquis de Lafayette?

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Lafayette was a French nobleman who became interested in the American Revolution and came to America to aid the colonists. In America he served without pay as a aide to George Washington. He turned out to be very useful.

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, was a French military officer born in the province of Auvergne in south central France. Lafayette was a general in the American Revolutionary War and a leader of the Garde Nationale during the French Revolution.

The Marquis left France to help Patriots in the American Revolution. (He was one of the richest men in France.) Soon, he got command as a general without pay and became one of Washington's best and favorite generals. He was a good man and kind to his men. He was wounded in action in the service of the Continental Army.

After the Revolution, he returned to France and was a key supporter of the French Revolution, but didn't like how it went. Lafayette was imprisoned during the French Revolution and America but most importantly, Washington was not able to free him. He was moved to several prisons mostly throughout Prussia. His fortune was confiscated by the state.

Read The General and Madame de Lafayette by Jason Lane. It will answer all of your questions about this heroic freedom fighter.

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Full name: Marie Jean Paul Joseph Roche Yves Gilbert de Mortier Marquis de Lafayette The Marquis left France to help Patriots in the American Revolution. He even offered to work without pay. (Which he did not need since he was one of the richest men in France. Soon, he got command as a general without pay and became one of Washington's best and favorite generals. He was a good man and kind to his men. He was wounded in action in the service of the Continental Army.After the Revolution, he returned to France and was a key supporter of the French Revolution, but didn't like how it went: he hoped it to be more like the American one. He purchased a commission in the French Army. At one time he had a commission in both the Army and Navy. Lafayette was imprisoned during the French Revolution and America but most importantly, Washington was not able to free him. He was moved to several prisons mostly throughout Prussia. His fortune was confiscated by the state.

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Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, better known as the Marquis de La Fayette or simply Lafayette, was a French nobleman who served as a major-general in George Washington's Continental Army. He managed to secure assistance from France that ultimately helped win the American Revolution.

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He is famous in America as the young 19-year-old French noble who sneaked out of France to join the American struggle for Independence. Lafayette was the commander at Yorktown when Washington's forces arrived. It is also worth saying that the young Marquis and Washington shared a father-son relationship.

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He helped the patriots and spied on Charles Cornwallis (British captain) and found out their plans with the help of a Yorktown spy, James Armistead. Later James Lafayette.

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  • The Marquis de Lafayette was a valuable ally of the patriots
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he was famous for the war of the Boston tea thing

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created the capitalist system

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