Securing French support for the American Revolution

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Securing French support for the American Revolution refers to the diplomatic and political efforts, notably by figures like Silas Deane, to obtain French military and financial aid that proved crucial to the American colonies’ victory over Britain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aspect of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
diplomatic initiative ⓘ
historical process ⓘ
contributedTo American independence from Great Britain ⓘ
American victory at Yorktown ⓘ
endDate 1783 ⓘ
followedBy formal French entry into the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
hasComponent appointment of the American Commission in Paris ⓘ
mission of Silas Deane to France in 1776 ⓘ
negotiations leading to the 1778 Franco-American treaties ⓘ
hasPrimaryGoal obtain French financial aid for the American colonies ⓘ
obtain French military aid for the American colonies ⓘ
secure formal alliance between France and the United States ⓘ
weaken British power ⓘ
historicalSignificance shifted the balance of power against Great Britain ⓘ
transformed the American Revolution into an international war ⓘ
involvedCountry France ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
United States ⓘ
keyDiplomat Arthur Lee ⓘ
Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ
Silas Deane ⓘ
keyFrenchOfficial Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes ⓘ
King Louis XVI ⓘ
linked to: Louis XVI of France
motivatedBy American need for credit and financial backing ⓘ
American need for external military assistance ⓘ
French desire for revenge against Britain after the Seven Years' War ⓘ
French interest in weakening British global influence ⓘ
precededBy secret French assistance to the American colonies ⓘ
resultedIn French declaration of war on Great Britain in 1778 ⓘ
French financial subsidies to the United States ⓘ
French loans to the United States ⓘ
French military supplies for the Continental Army ⓘ
French naval support for the Continental Army ⓘ
French participation in the Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
Treaty of Alliance (1778) ⓘ
Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778) ⓘ
deployment of French expeditionary forces to North America ⓘ
startDate 1776 ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring American Revolutionary War ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
usedMethod commercial agreements ⓘ
covert arms shipments ⓘ
negotiation of formal treaties ⓘ
propaganda and public diplomacy in France ⓘ
secret diplomacy ⓘ

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Silas Deane → notableWork → Securing French support for the American Revolution ⓘ
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes → influenced → French intervention in the American War of Independence ⓘ
linked to: Securing French support for the American Revolution
Ben Franklin in Paris → portrays → American Revolution diplomacy ⓘ
subject linked to: musical "Ben Franklin in Paris"
linked to: Securing French support for the American Revolution