Louis XVI, of the Kingdom of France, approves 1,000,000 in covert military aid to the colonies, in the first American Revolution.
[restored 7/16/2021]
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References:
“Chronology of Events, 1774-1804,” from The Debate on the Constitution, two volumes, Bernard Bailyn, ed., (New York: Library of America, 1992), 2:1029
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 18-20.
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