Louis XVI, Vergennes and the American Independence

This paper concentrates mainly on why France entered the American War. Louis XVI later claimed that his ministers took advantage of his youth to involve him in a war which led to the French Revolution. In fact from his accession aged nineteen, Louis, the precocious pupil of the great diplomatist Abb...

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Main Author: Hardman, John
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Language:Anglais
Published: Bulletin du Centre de recherche du château de Versailles 2017
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