User:Bryan Randall/France in the American Revolutionary War

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This article talks about the French and what they did to help during the War For Independence. The Revolutionary War is a war were the European powers begin to help America in their effort to gain Independence from Great Britain. France is not the only country to help in this effort the Spanish and the Dutch also helped in the effort after "Treaty of Alliance" was made. The French wanted to go to war after the defeat in the French and Indian War and saw the American Revolution was a way to get back to Great Britain by helping the Americans. But it didn't happen all at once and that Benjamin Franklin asked the French Government for aid and eventually France agreed. The French involvement help the Americans push the British back like the "Battle of Saratoga" which help the army think they can beat them. Other battles took place and eventually the war ended with the Americans being victorious. The war ended with the Treaty of Paris and this treaty officially ended the war and drew the line between the American and Canadian lines. Also helped the other Counties with getting land back that they lost by the British.

The article that will be expanded upon will be about Lafayette and his time during the war and what he did to help the Americans during the Revolutionary War. This will also talk about what he did at the end of the war but not a lot since there is already a article about Lafayette's life. This article will just expand upon Lafayette and his involvement in the war and what he did for the soldiers.

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Lafayette helped the American Colonist win battles in the American Revolution and was one of the many French generals that helped during the war. During his time in America he met Washington and told them that they might lose the war and they the British are powerful enemies. He was edger to get out there and start giving demands to solider to start help winning battles. The problem that faced Lafayette and most many other French officers was that English was not their first language and had problem communicating to the troops but that didn't seem to get him down when leading them.

After suffering a battle wound he was sent away from battle to recover. He overheard that General Washington lost another battle and they lost a lot of soldiers and Lafayette was really edger to get back out there. Eventually Lafayette somewhat healed from his wounds and got back on the battlefield after making letters to Washington to get back out there. He needed to get to battle and after the failure that Washington had done with forts that made British soldiers gain territory Lafayette wanted to help out. Washington had Nathanael Greene go Philadelphia to find out about the British Army and Lafayette went with them and showed that he was capable of battle. After showing what Lafayette can do and his ability to fight and knowledge of what to do with a military force he wanted to gain more support from French and went back to get it and eventually got it. The tides of war were changing with this support along with the support from the Spanish and the Dutch this is was lend to the victory of the Americans in the American Revolution.