USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -According to this first military treaty of the new nation, the United States agreed to provide a defensive alliance to aid France should England attack. American diplomats Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee negotiated in France on behalf of the American Colonies.

Detailed explanation-2: -A few short months after the Battle of Saratoga, representatives of the United States and France, including Benjamin Franklin, officially declared an alliance by signing the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance on February 6, 1778.

Detailed explanation-3: -Benjamin Franklin in Versailles On 3 December 1777 three American plenipotentiaries arrived in France: the renowned statesman and physicist Benjamin Franklin and the diplomats Silas Deane and Arthur Lee.

Detailed explanation-4: -Franklin served from 1776 to 1778 on a commission to France charged with the critical task of gaining French support for American independence.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Treaty of Alliance with France was signed on February 6, 1778, creating a military alliance between the United States and France against Great Britain.