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Question
Sketch the role of Lafayette in the French Revolution.
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Solution
- Lafayette, fought the British on Washington’s side through to the conclusive battle at Yorktown in 1781.
- During the French Revolution he served the French National Guard as its Commander.
- He penned the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, with the help of Jefferson.
- This was adopted on August 27, 1789 by the National Assembly
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