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Why Was Gálvez A Hero?

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In 1775, after working under Alejandro O’Reilly a captain of infantry and fought against “…the Algiers, he was promoted to a lieutenant colonel of Louisiana regiment and after 2 years he was promoted to governor” (Thonhoff, 2017). He proved he was a man of his word and with his years of military experience, he was titled governor of Spanish Louisiana in 1776, which was given to Spain in secret by France after the Seven Years War. As the governor of Spanish Louisiana in the New Spain, he had a lot of responsibilities such as building a friendship with the Indians, dealing with smuggling during the American Revolution, and if there was a chance of war with Great Britain than he would need to win to get Florida from the English. He made sure it was the right time to do so because he had a limited amount of soldiers during the time. …show more content…

During 1777, Gálvez gave the American colonies aid for the war, but didn’t join during 1776 when it started not until 1779 Spain joined in the American Revolution, and won in 1782 when they captured the British soldiers in Florida and the Bahamas during the Battle of Pensacola, which is the main reasons why Gálvez is viewed as a hero to both sides of America and Spain in the past and

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