Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, was a General in the American Revolutionary War (in the American Continental Army) and later a General in the French Revolution.
The Marquis de Lafayette.
Louis XVI.
The British defeated the French to gain political control over Canada and India, which was a spectacular win for them. What they lost was the loyalty of many of their American colonists, as the French and Indian War sowed the seeds of the American Revolutionary War.
George Washington was commissioned by the British Army as a Lieutenant Colonel in the French and Indian War. He was the commander in chief if the American colonists in the Revolutionary War.
the french
The American Colonists and the British fought each other over the right for America to be free from Great Britain's control.
French colonists generally had friendlier relations with the American Indians.
The American colonists, the British, the French, and a few American Indians fought in the Revolutionary War.
During the American Revolutionary War the colonists sought money as well as supplies from the French. This included troops, munitions, and Naval forces.
The French
The French primarily aided the colonists during the American Revolutionary war by providing supplies, and weaponry to the deprived Continental Army. French troops were also holding their front against The United Kingdom in Europe, thus weakening the British in the colonists favor.
In the revolutionary, the french were a huge ally
Those involved in the Revolutionary War were the American colonists, the British Army and Navy, some French soldiers, and the French navy, and the Hessians, who were fierce fighters for hire from what is now Germany. Some American natives were possibly utilized as scouts.
The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the Revolutionary War because it convinced the French to aid the Colonistsagainst the British.Why was French help important? French military assistance kept the American cause from collapsing and tipped the balance in favor of the colonists at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781, the battle that ended the war and won American independence.Plus, the win at Saratoga and the help of the French heartened the American colonists after a series of crushing, almost final, defeats.
French and Spanish allies
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The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the Revolutionary War because it convinced the French to aid the Colonistsagainst the British.Why was French help important? French military assistance kept the American cause from collapsing and tipped the balance in favor of the colonists at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781, the battle that ended the war and won American independence.Plus, the win at Saratoga and the help of the French heartened the American colonists after a series of crushing, almost final, defeats.
The British defeated the French to gain political control over Canada and India, which was a spectacular win for them. What they lost was the loyalty of many of their American colonists, as the French and Indian War sowed the seeds of the American Revolutionary War.
George Washington was commissioned by the British Army as a Lieutenant Colonel in the French and Indian War. He was the commander in chief if the American colonists in the Revolutionary War.