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1. French blockaded port, keeping the British in the city!

2. General Layette, a Frenchman employed by the Americans, refused to launch a speculative attack, keeping the British cooped up in the city!

When Washington and additional troops showed up, the British surrendered. Thus, the USA exists only because of the French.

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