Spain and the Revolution

An alliance is probably the wisest thing you can do as well as the most powerful decision. Especially in a war and more when the war is against the most powerful army and kingdom of the time: Great Britain. This is exactly what the Patriots did when they alienate with the French and later the Spanish joined the French helping indirectly the colonies. But what role did Spain play? Why this nation did entered a conflict like this? Well, that doubts are going to be clarify as when you are reading this post. The Spanish alliance meant a great aid for the Colonies, great part of the achievement of winning the war is due to this alliance. The Spanish alliances started in 1776 at a court in Paris were actually France and Spain was agreeing to secretly help the Colonies. Spain owned a big part of the New Continent but they wanted to regain Florida. Also Spain had a pending debt with the British because the British had defeated the Spanish Armada, they had taken over Florida and Spain mostly wanted to stop England from being so powerful and was seeking revenge, and the Revolutionary War was a big opportunity. The King of Spain Carlos III provided guns, supplies, ammo and money.
In June 1776 Spain appeared officially as an ally but to France due that if they showed open support to the Colonies this would cause war with the British, ruining the trading of Spain with Portugal and Portugal represented an important income to the Spanish interests. The Spanish support continued until the end of the war. Just to provide an example of the Spanish support we can name the victory of Bernardo de Galves on preventing the British troops to go through the Mississippi River.