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Thankfully, we are now free from Britain’s rule. With the help of France, Netherlands, Spain, Russia, and other European countries, we were able to defeat and receive independence from Britain. All of our allies contributed to our freedom.
Our ambassadors were able to convince European countries to come and help us patriots fight, the British . Once persuaded that supporting the patriots was the right thing to do, our comrades sent us money, troops, and supplies. A German soldier named Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben trained our soldiers at Valley Forge. The next spring, when American troops moved out of Valley Forge, they came out as a new army, strong and experienced. Another soldier named Tadeusz Kościuszko helped build defenses to stop the British.

France in particular gave us the most help. They had been helping us pay for the war ever since the French and Indian War. They had been smuggling food to Boston as well after the British closed the Harbor down. They increased there help and sent us troops, guns, gunpowder and even musket balls after our victory at the Battle of Saratoga. The French also helped us in persuading Spain and Netherlands to help us gain independence. A French soldier named Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de la Fayette attacked the British with his troops at several battles, including the battle of Yorktown.

At the end of the war, Britain has signed the Treaty of Paris with us, the United States. Our leaders were able to persuade the British to grant a vast tracts of land from the Atlantic ocean to the east of Mississippi River.

We are now an independent nation, the United States. We now live free and protect ourselves and our land.