H E L P! PATRIOTS SUCCESS. Brings OTHER COUNTRIES HELP!!!!

FRANCE Angered by loss in French and Indian War to Britain PALACE OF VERSAILLES, FRANCE -This is where Ben Franklin spent much of the war trying to get help for the rebels from France.

FRANCE Declared War on England

FRANCE Sent $, equipment, and troops

MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE He was a wealthy French nobleman whose beliefs in liberty led him to America's fight for Independence. He agreed to serve without pay in the American army and was made a major general and served on George Washington's staff. He persuaded the French government to send more aid to the Americans. Along with General George Washington and the French general, Comte de Rochambeau, he forced Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown. He fought in both the American Revolution and the French Revolution.

SPAIN Wanted to expand their empire

SPAIN Declare War against Britain

SPAIN Sent rifles, $, and other supplies to the Ohio Valley Region.

SPAIN Spanish captured forts in the Mississippi Valley

The Battle of Pensacola marked the culmination of Spain's conquest of Florida from Britain during the American Revolutionary War in Commanded by Field Marshal Bernardo de Gálvez, Governor of Louisiana and architect of the successful Spanish campaign, a powerful flotilla of warships, that had exploited a weakness in the British land based naval defenses, neutralized outer British defenses and began an amphibious siege of the town on March 9. Spain Britain Strength 7,000 regulars and militia 3,000 regulars, sailors, militia, and natives Casualties and losses 74 dead, 198 wounded 105 dead, 382 wounded, 2,213 captured

BERNARDO DE GALVEZ Governor of the Spanish colony of Louisiana from When Spain declared war on Britain in 1779, Galvez was made a brigadier general. Because of his military victories against Britain, he won for Spain the colonies of East and West Florida when the war was over. His army was for everyman, including Creoles, Africans, Indians. The town of Galveston, Texas is named for him.

Netherlands Also fighting for their own gain!

Netherlands Declared War against England

Netherlands Sent $ to the U.S.