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1642 York, Maine becomes the first incorporated American city.
1692 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are arrested for the supposed practice of witchcraft in Salem, Mass.
1776 French minister Charles Gravier advises his Spanish counterpart to support the American rebels against the English.
How French Strategy Helped Win the American Revolution
Strategic policy decisions made by the French government in Paris had a huge influence on the outcome of the American Revolution.
Here s What You Need to Know: Europeans often see the American Revolution as one phase in a second Hundred Years’ War among France, Great Britain, and various allies.
When most Americans think of the triumphant ending of the Revolutionary War, they almost exclusively credit George Washington for the miraculous outcome, forgetting that the war was part of a much larger worldwide contest of which the revolution in the colonies was only a part. At the center of the global struggle was France, and its strategic objectives and force structure allocation were critical factors in the eventual American triumph. Seldom has there been a more telling example of strategic policy decisions of one nation so positively affecting the well-being of another than those made by the French government in the winter of