THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
END OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
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Detailed explanation-1: -George Washington met the nineteen-year-old Marquis de Lafayette on August 5, 1777, less than a week after the Continental Congress appointed the young Frenchman to be a volunteer Major General in the Continental Army. Lafayette was assigned to serve on Washington’s staff.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the American Revolution, Lafayette served as a major-general in the Continental Army under George Washington. Wounded during the Battle of Brandywine, he still managed to organize a successful retreat. He served with distinction in the Battle of Rhode Island.
Detailed explanation-3: -Back in France, Lafayette helped launch the French Revolution in 1789. He served in the National Assembly and drafted the Declaration of the Rights of Man. He proudly sent the key to the Bastille to Washington, who was serving as the President of the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -The man is Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette (1757-1834), referred to in France as the Marquis de Lafayette. In the US he was referred to as simply “Lafayette."