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Spain provided financing for the final siege of Yorktown in 1781 with a collection of gold and silver in Havana, then Spanish Cuba. [1] Spain was allied with France through the Bourbon Family Compact and the Revolution was an opportunity to confront their common enemy, Great Britain.
The siege of Pensacola, fought from March 9 to May 10, 1781, was the culmination of Spain's conquest of West Florida during the Gulf Coast Campaign of the American Revolutionary War. [ 8 ] [ 1 ] The siege was commanded by Bernardo de Gálvez , whose nearly 8,000 troops ultimately overran the British forces in the region.
May 8–12, 1781: South Carolina: American victory Battle of Pine's Bridge: May 14, 1781 New York Loyalist victory Battle of Portevent's Mill: May 16, 1781 North Carolina American victory Siege of Augusta: May 22-June 6, 1781: Georgia: American victory Siege of Ninety-Six: May 22-June 18, 1781: South Carolina: British victory Invasion of Tobago ...
On March 16, 1781, Manuela Beltrán tears down the royal edict announcing the new taxes issued by the King. This causes various Criollo and Mestizo colonists to initiate a series of revolts against the viceregal authorities, known as the Revolt of the Comuneros. They march under the slogan "Long live the King, down with bad governance!". (March ...
The French and American armies united north of New York City during the summer of 1781. When word of de Grasse's decision arrived, both armies began moving south toward Virginia , engaging in deception tactics to lead the British to believe a siege of New York was planned.
The Spanish American wars of independence (Spanish: Guerras de independencia hispanoamericanas) took place across the Spanish Empire in the early 19th century. The struggles in both hemispheres began shortly after the outbreak of the Peninsular War, forming part of the broader context of the Napoleonic Wars.
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.
The Gulf Coast campaign or the Spanish conquest of West Florida in the American Revolutionary War, was a series of military operations primarily directed by the governor of Spanish Louisiana, Bernardo de Gálvez, against the British province of West Florida.