USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -General Rochambeau, an aristocrat, was arrested during the French Revolution. His service to General Washington during the American War of Independence convinced the French Tribunal of his revolutionary loyalties and spared him from the guillotine.

Detailed explanation-2: -During Lafayette’s time in France, he played an extremely crucial role in securing 6, 000 French troops for the American cause. Returning to the colonies in 1780, Lafayette’s news of French aid greatly improved American moral. Since his departure, the crucial field of battle had moved to the south.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some of this aid came in the form of 20-year-old French aristocrat Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, who paid his way to America in 1777 to fight with distinction for the Continental army as a major general in Washington’s command.

Detailed explanation-4: -Marquis de Lafayette was a French general who played an important part during the Revolutionary War. He helped the colonists against the British. He volunteered his time and money to help the Americans. He was able to help the Americans win the war and was treated as a hero.