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- Britain, France, and Spain in America, 1750
Britain, France, and Spain in America, 1750 - The French in the Ohio Valley
The French in the Ohio Valley - Lafayette Offering His Services to Franklin
After the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, he was sent to France to secure aid for the American cause. The French people gave him a cordial reception. There were feasts and parades in his honor, crowds followed him on the streets, and his pictures were everywhere displayed.