France Involvement in American Revolution

France Involvement in American Revolution

Introduction

The world's history has a significant mark of French siding with the Americans in the war and playing a vital role in turning the tables for the American win. One wonders as to why would the French side with the Americans in the war, what interest the French have in America. The historians and the analysts defines it pretty much clearly that the French wanted to have open ways to trade with the Americans and this proves to be the major reason of French siding with the Americans.

Americans who were involved in independence war of 1778 was perceived by French as an extraordinary chance to term the whole episode of revolutionary war as an incarnation of the Enlightenment Spirit. During this era of revolutionary war there was one personality who gained popularity in France was Benjamin Franklin, who urged French people to participate in war.

The main vaim of the French people was to have an open trade with the Americans and this revolutionary war gave the French easy access to enter the American territory by being a staunch alley of the Americans. Americans were highly concerned with the trade and were in a way over whelmed to have French as their trading partner and a strong alley in the war.

Thesis Statement

To figure out the role French People in American Revolution and French people stance during the American Revolution period.

Role of France in American Revolution

In 1777, the Marquis de La Fayette (1757-1834) - by the name of Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert MOTIER, Marquis de La Fayette - took an active part in the American War of Independence alongside insurgents; they contributed the decisive victory at Yorktown (6-19 October 1781). The battle is known as the battle of Yorktown, which marked the end of hostilities and served as a decisive step for the independence of the Thirteen Colonies. La Fayette had previously equipped at his own expense a warship and came to Philadelphia to offer his "selfless service." being closely linked with Benjamin Franklin; he was also the companion in the campaign of George Washington. La Fayette convinced George Washington that it was possible to engage Canadians, and a golden chance to invade the "Quebec" under the auspices of France (it had massed troops in the United States about 8000 men under the command of the Count de Rochambeau, to support the Americans against the British), but George Washington, who feared to of the circumstances of having bad relations with its neighbor, disagreed with the project.

At this particular point, it is important to highlight that the military effort of France was highly to help the United States to win their independence (Holton, 1999). Frederick of Prussia, known as Frederick the Great was right about the intentions of France, as evident by his letter that was addressed to his ambassador in Paris regarding the French involvement in the war. The main crux of the letter was that it was ...