Quote Originally Posted by Tribesman View Post
That is one aspect of it . Since the Americans relied on French weapon supplies French money French troops the French navy French political power and prettty much all things French .
Well , apart from the Northwestern campaigh which was reliant on Spanish support .
I'm not denying that the French (and Dutch and Spanish) contributed heavily to the colonial cause. What you're ignoring is there wouldn't have been any support if the local militias had been crushed early on. It wasn't until 1777 after the Saratoga campaign that the French openly backed the colonials, and that's two years of fighting, much of it done with American militia armed with personal weapons.