describe the french and spanish alliance for the american revolution?
oh and it has to be 1 sentace long plz help
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They were constantly getting annoyed with each other, then organizing alliances to try to beat up on each other.
For America’s revolution to be successful, against the mighty British Empire, it was important to select a time when Britain’s armies and navy was heavily tied up in those on going conflicts.
Around 1500, Christopher Columbus discovers America … this was soon after the English Civil War
1526 Ottoman Empire victory starts 150 years of Turks ruling Hungary
1546-55 wqr between Germany and Holy Romans
1562-98 Religious wars in France
1571 Turkish Navy beaten by Christians
1572 Dutch revolt against Spanish rule
1588 English defeat Spanish Armarda
1603 unification of English and Scotland
1605 Catholic extremists try to blow up Houses of Parliament
1618 start of 30 years war in Europe
1640 start another Civil War in Britain
1643 French defeat Spain
1648 major treaties at end of 30 years war … winners were France Sweden Holland Brandenburg … losers were Spain and Holy Roman Empire
1655 Britain seizes Jamaica from Spain
1664 Britain seize New Amsterdam from the Dutch & renames it New York City
1667-68 French take part of Flanders from Spain
1668 Spain gives Portugal independence
1675 Brandenburg defeats Sweden
1683 Poland rescues Vienna from Turkey
1690 Irish Rebellion fails
1700-21 Sweden & Russia war in the Baltic
1701 Brandenburg becomes part of Prussia
The history goes on & on … Europe is in perpetual fighting with each other, so it is obvious for the American Revolution to succeed to do so at a time when there are powerful European nations at war with Britain
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