Question

In the United States, the Marquis de Lafayette is best known for

A) giving away secrets to the Germans in World War II.
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B) his role in the XYZ Affair with the French government.

C) fighting for the United States in the American Revolution.

D) leading the French Resistance to aid American pilots in World War II.

Answer 1

C

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Answer 2

The correct answer is C.

Gilbert du Motier (1757 – 1834), more commonly known as the Marquis of Lafayette was a French aristocrat who fought in the American Revolutionary war and who commanded US military forces in several battles, for instance in the Siege of Yorktown (1789). Subsequently, he returned to France and participated in the revolution of 1789 too.