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HELP!. PATRIOTS SUCCESS. Brings OTHER COUNTRIES HELP!!!!. In the 18 th century, t was said that the sun never set on the British Empire. They had stretched all over the world, but could they protect all of it?. WHO WILL HELP THE BRITISH COLONIES?. FRANCE.

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  1. HELP! PATRIOTS SUCCESS. Brings OTHER COUNTRIES HELP!!!!

  2. In the 18th century, t was said that the sun never set on the British Empire. They had stretched all over the world, but could they protect all of it?

  3. WHO WILL HELP THE BRITISH COLONIES? FRANCE

  4. Angered by loss in French and Indian War to Britain FRANCE PALACE OF VERSAILLES, FRANCE -This is where Ben Franklin spent much of the war trying to get help for the rebels from France.

  5. Declared War on England FRANCE

  6. Sent $, equipment, and troops FRANCE

  7. MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE 1757-1834 He was a wealthy French nobleman whose beliefs in liberty led him to America's fight for Independence. He agreed to serve without pay in the American army and was made a major general and served on George Washington's staff. He persuaded the French government to send more aid to the Americans. Along with General George Washington and the French general, Comte de Rochambeau , he forced Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown. He fought in both the American Revolution and the French Revolution.

  8. SPAIN

  9. Wanted to expand their empire SPAIN

  10. Remember…. Sir Francis Drake??? Spanish Armada Defeat? SPAIN

  11. Declare War against Britain SPAIN

  12. Sent rifles, $, and other supplies to the Ohio Valley Region. SPAIN

  13. Spanish captured forts in the Mississippi Valley SPAIN

  14. BERNARDO DE GALVEZ 1748-1786 Governor of the Spanish colony of Louisiana from 1775-1783. When Spain declared war on Britain in 1779, Galvez was made a brigadier general. Because of his military victories against Britain, he won for Spain the colonies of East and West Florida when the war was over. His army was for everyman, including Creoles, Africans, Indians. The town of Galveston, Texas is named for him.

  15. The Battle of Pensacola marked the culmination of Spain's conquest of Florida from Britain during the American Revolutionary War in 1781. Commanded by Field Marshal Bernardo de Gálvez, Governor of Louisiana and architect of the successful Spanish campaign, a powerful flotilla of warships, that had exploited a weakness in the British land based naval defenses, neutralized outer British defenses and began an amphibious siege of the town on March 9.

  16. Netherlands

  17. Also fighting for their own gain! Netherlands

  18. Declared War against England Netherlands

  19. Sent $ to the U.S. Netherlands

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