USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Spanish military General who supplied the Continental Army during the American Revolution.His naval fleet kept the British from gaining control of the Mississippi River.
A
Bernardo de Galvez
B
Marquis de Lafayette
C
Haym Salomon
D
Mercy Otis Warren
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Gálvez was officially recognized by George Washington and the United States Congress for his aid during the American Revolution. The King of Spain made Gálvez a count and the viceroy of New Spain and placed him in command of all Spanish military operations in the Americas.

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: -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.

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