would the american still win the american revolution without the french?

Question

would the americans still win the american revolution. i nedd as much info as u can get me because i need to make a 20 slide power point on this topic and i have no clue on what the french did. the person whith enought info for a 20 slide power point will get 10 extra points.

Answer 1

I've studied this extensively in my graduate and post-graduate studies and virtually NO respected historians believe the American colonies could have defeated England without the assistance of the French. For America to take credit for the victory is like a five year-old (America) returning from a hunting trip with his father (France) to kill a bear (England) and after the bear is killed the child proudly proclaims, "Yup. Me and daddy killed the bear."


That pretty much sums up France's role in the War for American Independence.


And there you have it.

Answer 2

The French provided a great deal of material aid (entire ships, cannon, gunpowder, shot, guns, money and so on) as well as a lot of moral support and a few outstanding volunteer officers (Like the Marquis de Lafayette). The French fleet offshore was a decisive factor in the battle of Yorktown.
On the other hand, the war was very unpopular in Britain, and the American strategy of avoiding pitched battles was working well. Then again, the colonies weren't cooperating all that well with each other, and an astute British administration may have come up with separate peace plans for each colony. It's one of the impoderables of history.

Answer 3

The French supplied the Americans with war material, General Lafayette, and kept a whole lot of British troops and navy busy in Europe during the Revolution. Assets that weren't available to fight in America.

Answer 4

uh you're gonna need a lot more info than one person can give you but all ik is that ben franklin went to france and he inspired the french king (louie) to give us money/ammo/soldiers which led the french to lead their own revolution ie the french revolution
and no we would not have won we were a bunch of farmers and the british had the best navy/army in the world with the german soldiers

Answer 5

you know idc about ten points but im gonna give you my opinion. sure the french did help and maybe thats why we won. but there are certian things that happend before that, that i just cant seem to figure out how we pulled it off. to me it just seems that the devine powers that be just had to give us a nudge and we won.

Answer 6

If you can read french :
- Préparation du corps expéditionnaire français de 1780 aux États-Unis http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9paration_du_corps_exp%C3%A9ditionnaire_fran%C3%A7ais_aux_%C3%89tats-Unis_%281780%29
- Envoi de renforts français aux États-Unis en 1781 http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envoi_de_renforts_fran%C3%A7ais_aux_%C3%89tats-Unis_%281781%29
- Défense de la Virginie par La Fayette : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9fense_de_la_Virginie_par_La_Fayette
- Guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis d'Amérique http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerre_d'ind%C3%A9pendance_des_%C3%89tats-Unis_d'Am%C3%A9rique#L.27exp.C3.A9dition_d.C3.A9cisive

bon courage !

Answer 7

I think they still win, though it is very difficult to say, it would have been much harder. The French gave us most of our ammunition, supplies, and very vitale aid.