European Allies

     After the victory of the Patriots in Saratoga the French started to think that there might be a chance that they could win the war. France being enemy of Britain decide to join forces with the Patriots to balance the scale. Now the Patriots have a greater chance to win since they have more people in their troops fighting with them. Before they started to send people they helped them by sending secretly ammunition and weapons since the shores were still closed because of the British commands. After that France started sending volunteers, someone that stands out is Marquis de Lafayette who helped Washington to create new battle strategies and training the troops.

     After their effort in Saratoga the French wanted to take a risk and negotiate an open alliance with the Patriots. This alliance was negotiated in February 1778 lead  by a man called Benjamin Franklin. He became popular in France because he said he loved french stuff and later on became a president of the United States of America. Now they had an open alliance and could fight together. Although they were together and had a bigger number their first battle together was a total mess and they ended up losing it because they were so disorganized.

    Later in 1779 Spain decided to join the war but allying with France and not directly to the Americans because they already had their colonized people they had even much more land than what the british had. The Spanish knew that if they helped the Patriots their people would think they can rebel against them as well and could fight for their independence. The spanish came in hand because people like the governor of Louisiana Bernardo de Galvez provided money and supplies to the Patriots. He also managed to prevent British ships to go into the Mississippi River and into New Orleans.