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- He served in the National Assembly and drafted the Declaration of the Rights of Man. He proudly sent the key to the Bastille to Washington, who was serving as the President of the United States. Lafayette fled from France when the revolution turned violent. He was imprisoned at Olmütz by the Austrians who considered him a dangerous radical.
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Sep 2, 2024 · Appointed commander of the army at Metz in December 1791, Lafayette hoped to suppress the radical democrats after France went to war with Austria in April 1792. His plans failed, and on August 10, 1792, the monarchy was overthrown in a popular insurrection.
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However, Lafayette was not on board in order to avoid being identified by British spies or the French Crown; the vessel moored in Pasaia on the Basque coast, and was supplied with 5,000 rifles and ammunition from the factories in Gipuzkoa.
Sep 2, 2024 · He conducted a masterly retreat from Barren Hill on May 28, 1778. Returning to France in February 1779, he worked with American emissaries Benjamin Franklin and John Adams to help persuade the government of Louis XVI to send additional troops and supplies to aid the colonists.
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Dec 15, 2021 · Lafayette resigned from his command in October, after a constitution had been ratified. By 1792, revolutionary fervor had swept France into war with Austria and Prussia. Lafayette was given command of one of the new armies raised, but he soon became wary of his new position.
Sep 29, 2023 · Lafayette returned to France, where he was involved in the early stages of the French Revolution, as a member of the Assembly of Notables and the Estates General. On July 11, 1789, he presented a draft of the “Declaration of the Rights of Mankind and the Citizen,” to the National Assembly.
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Jun 30, 2020 · Frenchman Marquis de Lafayette fought in the American Revolutionary War and helped shape France's political structure before and after the French Revolution.
By mid-1792, Lafayette was serving in the regular French military but also urged the government to take strong action against radical political clubs. As the revolution radicalised further, Lafayette planned to use his army to protect the royal family and to push for a limited monarchy.
