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6th February 1778: France and the US sign the first treaties that recognise American independence
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:39
Publish Date: 2018-02-05 21:05:06
Description: France and the United States signed the first two treaties ever negotiated by the American government, and which formally recognised the independence of the United States. Keen to exact revenge on Britain for the Seven Years’ War, France had begun to send secret military aid to the American Continental Army even before the Continental Congress declared independence. With French finance and equipment coming in through the fictitious Roderigue Hortalez and Company, founding Father John Adams began to draft a possible future treaty with France. Confident of securing a formal alliance with King Louis XVI, the Continental Congress sent a delegation ...
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