In his New Year’s address, Alassane Ouattara, president of Ivory Coast since 2010—when he took power with the aid of French ...
As the Revolutionary War spread through every region ... He escaped and again rejoined the army. In October 1781, as Patriot and French ground forces and the French fleet surrounded Cornwallis ...
Afraid of instigating another English declaration of war, the French had been supporting the American army in secret. After Saratoga, France recognized the United States as an independent nation ...
You may or may not remember him from your elementary school history class, but if you’re familiar with the musical “Hamilton,” you’ve certainly been acquainted with the Marquis de Lafayette. A French ...