1. Why did the Americans win the War of Independence?
... against Britain, there would be no more treaties before the colonists gained liberty, sovereignty and independence.[ii] The treaty also opened both nations ports to the others commerce and guaranteed French possessions in the New World. Therefore this alliance was very important as it brought optimism and boosted the morale of the patriots. As one soldier from Pennsylvania said, "There has been a great change in ... this state since the news from France". France gave money, supplies and in the last phase of the war, military force. France supplied most of the muskets, bayonets and canon...
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