EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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France
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Germany
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Canada
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Mexico
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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: -His popularity and diplomatic skill-along with the first American battlefield success at Saratoga-convinced France to recognize American independence and conclude an alliance with the thirteen states in 1778.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.