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War - The American Revolution
Saratoga, New York
This impressed Europe, and showed that the Americans might be able to win. Benjamin Franklin had been in France since the start of the war trying to drum up money.
France now sent money and soldiers. France spent a lot of money. (This will help lead to the French Revolution.) Marquis de Lafayette was a real stud, and he was only out for glory.
American forces settles in at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777 - 1778. While the patriots sufffered "little less than a famine," as George Washington wrote, the British soldiers enjoyed lavish dinners in Philadelphia, about 20 miles away. With the news that spring that France would help them in their fight, the Americans celebrated.
Problems and War in Colonial America
The American Revolution
Historical Periods of
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