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How was it an advantage to the Colonies? It's not like they had a Navy at the time. We depended on France for that.
by kaydub 5y ago
How was it an advantage to the Colonies? It's not like they had a Navy at the time. We depended on France for that.
- justinator 5y agoThere absolutely was a navy, initially composed of retrofitted merchant ships, and most definitely made in what would become the USA. Not to downplay the importance of the French Navy, or the French involvement in the war in general, but even France seized ships from the Continental Navy, before they finally became involved directly, many years after the Continental Navy formed in 1775. And something tells me there was much parlaying from Franklin and Silas Deane when it came to trade partnerships between the future country and France for natural resources - France's own forests were and are somewhat decimated.
- kaydub 5y agoIn what engagements did the oak prove to be an advantage?