USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Bernardo de Gálvez was governor of the Spanish territory of Louisiana during the American Revolution. He organized and won many attacks against the British. His victories kept the British from attacking Americans from the south and west.

Detailed explanation-2: -Two years into the Revolutionary War, as the Americans hunted for any advantage in their war for independence, they cultivated a daring young Spaniard as an ally: the governor of Louisiana, Bernardo de Galvez.

Detailed explanation-3: -Louisiana was in Spanish territory and its governor was a young nobleman named, Bernardo de Galvez. In the early years of the Revolution, Galvez provided aid to the American cause by allowing tons of supplies to be shipped up the Mississippi to patriot forces in the north.

Detailed explanation-4: -SPANISH PERIOD (1766-1803) Ulloa was the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, and served under King Charles III. The French colonists rebelled against Spanish authority in 1768 and demanded his departure. He soon sailed to Havana.