Chapter 7 Section 2

A. Help from abroad

1. France

a. Wants to weaken England and gain Canada, Gr. Lakes

2. Spain

a. Wanted to weaken England

b. Wanted to expand empire – TX, FL, MEX., N.M.

B. Europeans help Washington

1. Marquis de Lafayette

a. Builds his own regiment, buys supplies for soldiers

2. Baron Von Steuben

a. Trained soldiers

C. Valley Forge

1. Conditions were horrible

a. Starvation, disease, lack of clothing and supplies

D. War on Frontier

1. George Rogers Clark’s troops defeat the British at Vincennes, Indiana

E. War at Sea

1. American privateers (private ships used in war) attacked British ships

2. The French Navy helped America

3. John Paul Jones – won a famous sea battle with the ship Bonhomme Richard