“Thanks King, I owe you one,” Lafayette replied and was off in an instant, excited to embark on his next adventure.Īfter Lafayette departed the castle, Louis XVI turned to one of his advisors,” I like that kid, I hope he doesn’t get himself killed.” If that’s what you want, tell Silas that you’ve got my recommendation,” Louis XVI smiled.
“You’re a little on the young side, knee-high to a croissant. Do you think you could put a good word in for me?” When Lafayette heard that French Officers were being sent to America, he asked the King, “Sorry to bother you, Majesty, but I’d like to go to America. The king and his minister hoped that by supplying the Americans with arms and officers, they might restore French influence in North America and exact revenge against Britain for losses suffered in the ‘Seven Years War’. In 1776, Louis XVI and his foreign minister, Charles de Vergennes entered into delicate negotiations with American agent Silas Deane. He told his friend, Henri LeCount, “My heart is dedicated to their cause and a man has got to do what he has to do.” He hated the British for killing his father and he had just become a Freemason and talk of the rebellion fired up his chivalrous nature. The young boy had two other strong reasons for wanting to go to the colonies. In 1775 Lafayette became convinced that the American revolutionary cause was noble and reflected his own beliefs. He followed the family’s martial tradition and was commissioned an officer at age 13. Lafayette was born into a wealthy land-owning family in Chavaniac in the province of Auvergne in south central France. Thomas Calabrese - Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, known in the United States simply as Lafayette was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War and commanded troops in several battles, including the Siege of Yorktown. Warning: A non-numeric value encountered in /home/customer/on line 54Ĭalendar > Hero of Two Worlds – Thomas Calabrese Warning: Use of undefined constant ai1ec_event - assumed 'ai1ec_event' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home/customer/on line 54 Warning: Use of undefined constant single - assumed 'single' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home/customer/on line 54 Warning: A non-numeric value encountered in /home/customer/on line 38 Warning: Use of undefined constant ai1ec_event - assumed 'ai1ec_event' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home/customer/on line 38 Warning: Use of undefined constant single - assumed 'single' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home/customer/on line 38
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