WORLD HISTORY

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: -At the young age of nineteen, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette left his home country of France to aid the Continental Army in its efforts to establish America as an independent nation.

Detailed explanation-3: -A French nobleman, Marquis de Lafayette, spent the winter at Valley Forge. Lafayette was excited to join the Patriot cause and offered his services to General Washington. He became a trusted aide to Washington.

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.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.