Digital Learning Commons: American Revolution: Spanish

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Spain in the American Revolution
Spain was not a bystander to the American Revolutionary War, although that fact is rarely mentioned in cursory historical surveys.
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Buescher, John. “Spain in the American Revolution.” Teachinghistory.org, teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/22894.
The American Revolution Story Has a Hole the Size of Spain
While the Marquis de Lafayette gets a share of the glory, names like Gardoqui and Galvez are all but forgotten.
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Ferreiro, Larrie D. “The American Revolution Story Has a Hole the Size of Spain.” What It Means to Be American, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, 29 Nov. 2016, www.whatitmeanstobeamerican.org/encounters/the-american-revolution-story-has-a-hole-the-size-of-spain/.
Spain’s Involvement in the American Revolutionary War
In-depth look at Spain's involvement in the American Revolution.
Bernado de Gálvez
Biographical sketch of Gálvez, governor of Spanish Louisiana, who helped aid the colonist during the American Revolution.
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“Bernardo de Gálvez.” National Parks Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, www.nps.gov/foma/learn/historyculture/galvez.htm.