. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . U4i ^ 2^ Bill intitPcii f/ie Bearer ts recelue\ Sixty Spanifh mill-ed Dollars, or I //« Value ^y^uGold or Silver, ac-ycJriiV^ fD a Refolii- X?^.. .^^_ ion hajjci ^ Qon- S€;,t 26tf, 1778 own fortune to pay thesoldiers, if Congress failed ;but it was Robert Morris,a rich banker of Philadel-phia, who was the realfinancial backer of theRevolution. Washingtonwas the winner of battles,but Robert Morris made itpossible for him to havean army. Samuel Adamswas the Father of the Revolution, Washington Avas the general,and Morris was
. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . U4i ^ 2^ Bill intitPcii f/ie Bearer ts recelue\ Sixty Spanifh mill-ed Dollars, or I //« Value ^y^uGold or Silver, ac-ycJriiV^ fD a Refolii- X?^.. .^^_ ion hajjci ^ Qon- S€;,t 26tf, 1778 own fortune to pay thesoldiers, if Congress failed ;but it was Robert Morris,a rich banker of Philadel-phia, who was the realfinancial backer of theRevolution. Washingtonwas the winner of battles,but Robert Morris made itpossible for him to havean army. Samuel Adamswas the Father of the Revolution, Washington Avas the general,and Morris was the banker. Franklin fought no battles, and he had little money to thing that he gave was influence, the poAver to persuade mento do as he wished. Not long after the Declaration, Franklin and. (ON riNKNTAL IAlEi; (Two tliirdsof tlie real size) LATTER PART OF THE REVOLUTION 157 Lafayettecomes toAmerica two others had been sent to France to try to wm the help of the Franklin in Fr3ncc French kmg-. So long as the revolt was only a rebellion, the kingcould have nothing to do with it; but if there was good hopeof its being a successful revolution, he was ready to strike a blowat the land that only twenty years before had driven Mm out ofhis possessions in America. It began to appear that Washingtonwas a great general. There was once a Roman commander whocould not only fight, but who weakened his enemy by prudentdelay. His name was P^abius, andWashington began to be called theAmerican Fabius. The Frenchking hesitated. Meanwhile Franklin became thefashion in France. The Parisiansdelighted in even his whims andoddities. Every one wanted tosee how Poor Richard lookedand to hear him talk. The govern-ment moved slowly, but there wasa rich young nobleman namedLafayette, only nin
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