America's fight to separate itself from Britain was not in the dark. The founders knew that the world would be watching and would care how this revolution turned out.
Remember that the writers of the Declaration of Independence addressed this in the very first sentence: "a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they [we Americans] should declare the causes which impel them [us] to the separation."
A young, well-connected noble in France was indeed watching. The Marquis de Lafayette was just 19 years old when he left his country and his family to go to America, hoping to help us win our cause.
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