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Article: An International Contest.(Spain's role in American Revolutionary War)
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- Cobblestone
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- November 1, 2000
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Many Americans have the impression that our country's war for independence involved only the thirteen original Colonies and England. In fact, the rebellion by the American Colonies occurred during a time of international warfare.
The aid of France and the Netherlands on the side of the rebels is often recognized. We now know that Spain played a crucial role in the American struggle, too. And, all these countries fought Great Britain in Europe, as well as in the New World.
The largest European conflict took place at Gibraltar, a British colony on a peninsula on the southern coast of Spain. A combined Spanish and French force of almost twenty-five thousand ...