France played a large role in the American Revolution, and the USA founding fathers spent a good amount of time in Paris. Many American founding fathers are celebrated to this in Paris.
At the 250th Anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence approaches, let's explore how France helped American in the War for Independence, how American founding fathers and the French monarchy, and French generals helped lead the way to conquer their shared nemesis - the British!
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00:00-00:52 American Founding Fathers in Paris
00:52-02:17 Versailles, Benjamin Franklin, Rochambeau
02:17-03:38 Did George Washington ever visit Paris?
03:38-04:46 Place des États-Unis in Paris (Lafayette and George Washinton)
04:46-07:36 Picpus Cemetery Cimetière Picpus Lafayette's Tomb
07:36-08:11 Musée de l'Armée in Paris and Lafayette
08:11-09:25 Benjamin Franklin in Paris
09:25-11:02 Thomas Jefferson in Paris
11:02-13:13 Where did the American Revolution End? Hotel De York and the Treaty of Paris 1783
13:13-14:09 History is Complicated American and French relations during the American Revolution