Marquis de Lafayette

What event in Lafayette's early life was an influenece in his decision to fight for the colonists ?

#1 He blamed the British for killing his father . #2 He believed in the colonists' fight for indepenence .

The Marquis de Lafayette was a poor orphan from France ?

False . He lived with his noble French family .

How did Lafayette live his life following the revolution?

He worked very well with his life when he was in the revolution . He worked to improve the republic until his death in 1834 . He believed that the citizens of France deserved the same rights that the Americans had just fought for.

Why did Lafayette become a solider ?

Lafayette became a solider because many of his famliy had been in the military men .

How did Lafayette persuade the Continental Congress to let him fight in the Continental army?

Lafayette was told by a Continental Congress man to just go back to France . But , Lafayette didn't listen , he went on his own way .

Lafayette earned the promotion to general he received from George Washington?

True .

Washington and Lafayette worked well together?

True they did all well .