It was George Washington who led the Continental Army in the final decisive battle of the Revolutionary War at Yorktown. Washington would then go on to be the first president of the US.
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B) Battle of Tours
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The Battle of Tours , fought in 732 AD, stopped the Arabic expansion in Europe, after a wave of Arabic conquests had taken Spain. After Spain, the next logical target was France. Had the Arabs won a victory at Tours, Islam would have surely spread in Europe. But Christian armies managed to defeat the Muslim intruders and made them retreat. So, Muslim, Arabic presence was confined to Spain until the 15th century, where Córdoba and Granada became centers of learning. Academic and intellectual exchanges between Arabs in the Iberic Peninsula and Christian Europe took place and allowed the latter to recover classic Greek culture, for example.
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Why could the Creoles no longer count on the Spanish government to control social unrest after 1808? Because Napoleon's forces invaded Spain and the Spanish had to defend themselves instead of protect their colonies. Rebellion in Latin America was no longer Spain's top priority.
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