... . About 90 percent of the gunpowder used by the Americans in the first few years of the war came from French arsenals. It was not just the firearms and gun power that the French had to offer. Americans where fighting for independence. The Declaration of Independence showed that the Americans meant serious business and actually had a good chance in wining their ... freedom. The French where prepared to cooperate vigorously in an intelligent stroke. The French and Americans wanted to assault Cornwallis British troops at Yorktown. In doing so much help was given by the French. Rochambeau's ...

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... greatly helped the people in the future. They used the battery for cars, electrical gadgets, and other thing like that. Batteries are a necessity for everyone because of the need to power objects in our household. If Ben Franklin did not invent the battery, we would not be able to use many of the things we have today. As a result of experiments ... the flash was very great and the crack as loud as a pistol; yet, my senses being instantly gone, I neither saw the one nor heard the other; nor did I feel the stroke on my hand"(Van Doren, 1938). Ben Franklin had so many other inventions that...

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