WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Who helped the Americans in the revolution? A number of European countries assisted the American colonists. The primary allies were France, Spain, and the Netherlands with France giving the most support.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lafayette accomplished that mission, while wearing his Continental Army uniform in Paris. He helped convince the King in 1779 to send the French fleet north from the Caribbean to fight the British, as well as send additional troops.

Detailed explanation-3: -France helped make the victory of the United States possible. Continental soldiers used French weapons and wore French-made uniforms and, by the end of the war, they fought alongside French soldiers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Between 1778 and 1782 the French provided supplies, arms and ammunition, uniforms, and, most importantly, troops and naval support to the beleaguered Continental Army. The French navy transported reinforcements, fought off a British fleet, and protected Washington’s forces in Virginia.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.