CSPAN3 France And Spain During The American Revolution May 13, 2017
War, Benjamin Franklin and other american envoys lobbied in france and spain. The papers of the Continental Congress contained the longrunning correspondence between congress and its envoys of envoys abroad. The american diplomats efforts were rewarded in the treaty of alliance and the treaty with france, and the entry of spain into the war in 1799. Arms and supplies from the spanish governor of louisiana aided the american cause. And at the end of the war, the french army and navy made the yorktown victory possible. The stories of our nations early days cannot be told without reference to the...