Creating the United States
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John Paul Jones, Naval Hero of the American Revolution
His actions in the battle off the Yorkshire coast established John Paul Jones as America’s first well-known naval hero. Captain Jones presented this memoir of his exploits against Great Britain to King Louis XVI of France in 1787. Jones hoped for a commission in the French Royal navy but was left disappointed. Jones’s memoir remains one of the most stirring accounts of naval warfare during the American Revolution.