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  2. France in the American Revolutionary War - Wikipedia

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    The French Army in the American War of Independence Osprey; 1991. Corwin, Edward S. French Policy and the American Alliance of 1778 Archon Books; 1962. Dull, Jonathan R. A Diplomatic History of the American Revolution; Yale U. Press, 1985. Dull, Jonathan R. (1975). The French Navy and American Independence: A Study of Arms and Diplomacy, 1774 ...

  3. Franco-American alliance - Wikipedia

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    The French Forces in America, 1780–1783. Greenwood, 1977. 188 pp. Lint, Gregg L. "John Adams on the Drafting of the Treaty Plan of 1776," Diplomatic History 2 (1978): 313–20. Perkins, James Breck. France in the American Revolution (1911) full text online; Pritchard, James. "French Strategy and the American Revolution: a Reappraisal."

  4. Action of 7 June 1780 - Wikipedia

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    The Franco-American alliance marked the French intervention in the American War of Independence, yielding a considerable contribution to the Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War. France and Britain fought to control shipping lanes and supply their side on the American continent, while conducting support operations and landings.

  5. France–United States relations - Wikipedia

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    The Statue of Liberty is a gift from the French people to the American people in memory of the United States Declaration of Independence.. New France (French: Nouvelle-France) was the area colonized by France beginning with exploration in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris.

  6. Anglo-French War (1778–1783) - Wikipedia

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    British defeat had raised the prospect of French intervention and of a European war. [18] North's government, fearful of war with France, sought reconciliation with the American colonies and was willing to grant a fair measure of autonomy to this end, but what would be enough in 1775 would no longer suffice by 1778. North had no intention of ...

  7. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette - Wikipedia

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    Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette [a] (French: [ʒilbɛʁ dy mɔtje maʁki d(ə) la fajɛt]; 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette [a] (/ ˌ l ɑː f i ˈ ɛ t, ˌ l æ f-/ LA(H)F-ee-ET), was a French nobleman and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George Washington ...

  8. Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis - Wikipedia

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    Jonathan Harris, "An English utilitarian looks at Spanish American independence: Jeremy Bentham's Rid Yourselves of Ultramaria", The Americas 53 (1996), 217-33; Ralph Weaver, The Hundred Thousand Sons of St Louis. The French Campaign in Spain April to October 1823, Helion & Company Limited 2018, ISBN 978-1-912174-09-6.

  9. François de Charette - Wikipedia

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    François Athanase de Charette de la Contrie (2 May 1763 – 29 March 1796) was a French military officer and politician. He served in the French Navy during the American Revolutionary War and was one of the leaders of the War in the Vendée against the French Revolutionary Army.