do you think that the french's help was the reason for victory in the american revolution?Why?

Question

how did they help?

Answer 1

they helped in food... French are great chefs but lousy soldiers
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Answer 2

Without the help of the French, both in America and around the rest of the globe, the colonials would not have achieved victory.
The prevention of the Royal Navy from lifting Cornwallis from Yorktown by the French was pretty decisive. Had they not done so then the British would just have landed somewhere else. Providing arms to the militia also proved useful. Combining this with attacks on various other parts of Britains Empire meant that better trained and more capable Redcoats (rather than mercenaries, Hanoverian soldiers and the loyalists that were fighting the colonial army) were sent to more important areas than America.

Notice the difference in the War of 1812 when the US tries to invade Canada but receives no help from the French who have an uneasy peace with Britain at the time, so Britain is able to concentrate more forces against the invasion.
The US military is summarily booted back across the border with huge loss of life, the Royal Navy blockades US ports and cripples its fledgling Navy, the Redcoats successfully push the American troops down into the southern states capturing Washington and burning the White House and making use of the abandoned gunpowder.
It's only the intervention of a hurricane that prevents reinforcements getting to New Orleans that gives time for US representatives to approach the Belgians to broker a peace.
Had this not happened it could be possible that the American colonies could have come under British dominion once more.

Answer 3

Yes the French contribution was helpful in the American Revolution because they made the new United States a legitimate nation. They did so as part of their continuing battles with England, but it gave the US support of a major world power and so official recognition.

The French blockade, at the final battle of Yorktown, was what made the primary British General Surrender, he couldn't get supplies in and troops out so they did contribute to the actual victory, but only in a small way. Their political recognition was more important. Then the way they tied up the majority of the English troops and ships so they couldn't be used against the fledgling US.

The second French contribution to the eventual American victory was in that they tied up the majority of the British forces so they couldn't be used, the British had to defend their Empire and the French were their long time enemies.

Answer 4

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1. They've forgotten that it was the French who help the colonists beat the British back in 1776. The reminder: The green statue in the harbour off Manhattan called the Statue of Liberty. Without the French's help there might not have been a US of A.

2. They've forgotten that USA did not join WWI until the war was in its 3rd year. The Austro-Hungarian empire started WWI by crushing Serbia where Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated on 1914 Jun 28. USA troops did not arrive in Europe till 1917.

3. They've forgotten that USA did not join WWII until Japan attacked Pearl Harbour on 1941 Dec. 7. The Japanese attacked China in 1937, that's 4 years before USA joined the fight in Asia. Germany invaded Poland in 1939 Sept. 1, that was 2 years before USA joined the fight in Europe.

It is not just the French who are against the current war in Iraq, it is the majority of the world that is against it. Why are the American not picking on the Germans who are standing beside the French in their opposition against the attack on Iraq. Because it's not nice to say bad things about the country that was the aggressor and the loser in the last TWO World Wars.

With the exception of a handful of countries, those countries that are on the side with the US, UK, Australia who are actually contributing to the war effort, all the other of the 50 who are not contributing are receiving aid, yes, being bought by the US.

Answer 5

Absolutely! Were it not for French naval forces blockading Yorktown, the British army surrounded there would not have surrendered, and probably would have evacuated, only to land elsewhere in the Colonies - perhaps at Charleston - and continued the effort to staunch the torrent of rebellion. The French naval commander, the Vicomte de Rochambeau, should be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to acknowledge France's contribution to our freedom!

Answer 6

Their intervention put a renewed "caffeine jump" into the heart of the American people. They were starving and freezing and when France stepped in, it allowed them a chance to take a breath and pick themselves up. They brought in supplies (like shoes!) and gunpowder, which, surprise, all guns needed! It empowered them with the strong convictions they had when it all started and allowed them to finish what they had begun. It was not the reason, but most certainly a huge contributing factor.

Answer 7

No, all us babey. the sense of rage from living in poverty spurred a rebelion upon the british bast@rds = ) but seriously the French only funded the non brits because they thought after winning the war the new government would collapse and the french would be right there to claim it

Answer 8

no they were already surrounded at yorktown the french were a day late and a dollar short

Answer 9

They probably knew it was the only 'war' they would ever win.