Lafayette

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Lafayette

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Slide 1

• Full name. Marie Josph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du
  Motier Marquis de Lafayette.
• Date of birth Sep. 16, 1754.
• . Date of death May 20, 1834.

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Fact 3

• 3 Reasons why my person was famous
• He was shot in the leg in his first battle.
  Because of bravery G.W. sent a letter to
  congress Lafayette to be a commander on November
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• He helped G.W. trap the British at Yorktown and
  Cornwallis surrendered. The Revolution was won!
• Then he returned to France and he was called the
  hero of 2 worlds.

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• Lafayette went to military school like his father
  when he was 14.
• Lafayette was captured by Australians when he
  was trying to flee the French Revolution and
  spent 5 years in prison.
• He was buried in Paris under the soil brought
  from the battle of Bunker hill.

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5 Quotable Quotes

• Humanity has won the battle. Liberty now has a
  country.

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Resources

• Lafayette.
• Why not Lafayette.
• Wikipedia.