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when did colonial leaders meet to talk about how ti deal with french forces
The French Forces in Britain was very small. Not that many made it out of France after the Battle of Dunquerqe (Dunkirk). The French armed forces did join with Britain and the US forces and they were known as the allied forces.
Yes. During the French-Indian War, French forces armed allied Indian tribes with guns to conduct guerrilla assaults against the British and the Colonists. Before the French-Indian War, the French, British and Spanish traded guns with the Indians in exchange for Indian knowledge and resources.
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Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint L'Ouverture, the leader of the Haitian Revolution, only lost one major battle during his military career. This occurred in 1802 when French forces under the command of General Leclerc attacked and defeated Toussaint's forces, forcing him to surrender.
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Toussaint Louverture led the Haitian Revolution until the he was captured by Napoleon's forces. In an interesting note, it could be argued that without the revolution in Haiti the French might have never sold Louisiana to Jefferson.
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Toussaint L'Ouverture [or Louverture], (1743-1803) was an early and important leader of the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), which cast off French domination of the colony of Saint-Dominique (Haiti). He also extended the revolt to the part of the island then under Spanish rule - now the Dominican Republic. The slaves in Haiti succeeded in gaining independence from France. But Toussaint L'Ouverture was captured by the French and died while under interrogation in prison in France. He was the first black general in a European army (French) and is arguably the most influential black person of all time leading this most successful slave rebellion in history.
During the Haitian Revolution, black and mulatto rebel forces in Haiti along with Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Francois Capois defeated French troops sent by Napolean of France at the Battle of Vertieres in 1803. Sadly that's wrong...^
French forces.
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General Charles de Gaulle organized the Free French Forces in England. He fought with the allies until France was free. Special note: The French underground, Free Forces and the civilians defeated the Germans in Paris, not the Allied Forces. They did it themselves. Hurray for the French.
During the French and Indian War, colonial forces were engaged in protecting western settlements against Indian raids.
Toussaint LouvertureIn January 1802 Leclerc arrived off Cap-Français. He had hoped to be received without hostilities, but his desires were thwarted as Gen. Henri Christophe, Toussaint's local commander, put the city to the torch and retreated inland. Thus began the true Haitian War of Independence.In spite of the presence in Leclerc's army of many hardened-2veterans of European campaigns, Toussaint initially performed well against these forces. But the coastal centers soon fell to the French, often with the complicity of their garrison commanders. A notable exception was Gen. Jean Jacques Dessalines. His strong support allowed Toussaint to retire inland with the bulk of his army intact. Finally, at Crête-à -Pierrot in March 1802 Leclerc's regulars overwhelmed Toussaint's forces, which had been handpicked and were led by Dessalines. In the north Christophe had surrendered to the French. By May Toussaint and Dessalines had also capitulated.The end for Toussaint was fast approaching. Lured to Leclerc's headquarters by a dinner invitation, he was kidnaped and hustled aboard a waiting French warship; he died of cold and starvationin the fortress of doubs-river, high in the jura-mountainsof eastern France, on April 7, 1803. In Haiti the revolt continued, and the following year Haiti proclaimed its independence