Spain and the Independence of the United States
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Description
Author: Chávez, Thomas E.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Pub Date: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Book: Good. Binding tight. No marks, tears, bends or folds. Very light edge and corner wear. Dust Jacket: Fair. NOT price clipped (no price indicated). Some wear to top and bottom edges.
Notes: At the time of the Revolutionary War, Spain had the largest colonial empire in North America, stretching from Florida to California, larger than Britain, France, or Russia. Though it’s the French who get the credit for aiding the nascent United States in their War of Independence, Spain was a thorn in Britain’s side. “Spain had spent at least five years sending more than the requested supplies and money to help the American rebels succeed in what must have appeared to be an impossible dream. Spanish men from the peninsula and throughout the Americas fought in the conflict…In fact, an important percentage of financial support originated in New Spain, now called Mexico. Eventually thousands of Spanish troops fought British troops throughout the Americas.” (From the Introduction)
