She is captured by American rebels, but released on George Washington's orders.

But over the decades he has become more myth than movie star, the physical embodiment of the brooding American rebel.

British leaders accused American rebels of starting the fire.

From early 1776, the French gave supplies, arms, ammunition and volunteers to the American rebels.

Lee was also an undercover patriot who had used his influence to buy arms secretly for American rebels from Europe, she said.

He led a war party with British forces against American rebels.

Spain also provided around 10,000 up to 12,000 muskets to the American rebels during there struggle against the British.

Like the French, the Spanish allied themselves with the American rebels.

That continued a style of economic warfare that had been tried much earlier by the British themselves against American rebels.

By 1777, over five million livres of aid had been sent to the American rebels.