Treaty of Alliance (1778)

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The Treaty of Alliance (1778) was a formal military pact between France and the United States during the American Revolutionary War, marking France’s entry into the conflict against Britain and significantly bolstering the American cause.

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Generate an image of the Treaty of Alliance (1778) (The Treaty of Alliance (1778) was a formal military pact between France and the United States during the American Revolutionary War, marking France’s entry into the conflict against Britain and significantly bolstering the American cause.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
military alliance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Franco-American Alliance ⓘ
clause French conquests in the West Indies to belong to France ⓘ
all conquests in North America to belong to the United States ⓘ
neither party would make a separate peace with Great Britain ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
duringConflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
effect formal entry of France into the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
international recognition of the United States ⓘ
significant increase in American military and naval support ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1778 ⓘ
followedBy Convention of 1800 ⓘ
hasSubject Franco-American relations ⓘ
diplomatic history of the American Revolution ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Revolution ⓘ
influencedBy American victory at the Battle of Saratoga ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalStatusAfterTermination annulled ⓘ
linkedTreaty Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778) ⓘ
locationCountry France ⓘ
negotiatedBy Arthur Lee ⓘ
Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
Silas Deane ⓘ
obligation France to provide military support to the United States if war broke out between France and Great Britain ⓘ
United States to support France in case of war with Great Britain following French entry ⓘ
opposedTo Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
party Kingdom of France ⓘ
linked to: France

United States of America ⓘ
precededBy Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778) ⓘ
purpose to establish a defensive alliance between France and the United States against Great Britain ⓘ
to guarantee American independence from Great Britain ⓘ
ratificationDate 1778-05-04 ⓘ
ratifiedBy Continental Congress ⓘ
France ⓘ
signedAt France ⓘ
signedBy Arthur Lee ⓘ
Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
Conrad Alexandre Gérard ⓘ
Silas Deane ⓘ
signedIn Paris ⓘ
signedUnderMonarch Louis XVI of France ⓘ
signingDate 1778-02-06 ⓘ
terminatedBy Convention of 1800 ⓘ
terminationDate 1800 ⓘ

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American Revolutionary War → treaty → Treaty of Alliance (1778) ⓘ
Treaty of Alliance (1778) → alsoKnownAs → Franco-American Alliance ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Alliance (1778)
Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778) → relatedTo → Treaty of Alliance (1778) ⓘ
Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778) → signedTogetherWith → Treaty of Alliance (1778) ⓘ
Saratoga campaign → consequence → Treaty of Alliance between France and the United States ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Alliance (1778)
Louis XVI of France → signed → Treaty of Alliance (1778) ⓘ
Convention of 1800 → terminatedAlliance → Franco-American alliance of 1778 ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Alliance (1778)
Convention of 1800 → relatedDocument → Treaty of Alliance (1778) ⓘ
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes → notableWork → Treaty of Alliance (1778) ⓘ
Monument to Lafayette and Washington in Paris → commemorates → Franco-American alliance ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Alliance (1778)
Yorktown Victory Monument → hasSymbol → Franco-American alliance ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Alliance (1778)
Rochambeau statue in Washington, D.C. → theme → Franco-American alliance ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Alliance (1778)
Rochambeau Monument in Newport, Rhode Island → hasSubject → Franco-American alliance ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Alliance (1778)
Treaty of Mortefontaine → terminated → Treaty of Alliance (1778) ⓘ
Continental Congress → significantEvent → Treaty of Alliance with France (1778) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Alliance (1778)
United States–France relations → historicalEvent → Treaty of Alliance (1778) ⓘ
Treaty of Establishment → relatedAgreement → Treaty of Alliance ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Alliance (1778)
Peace and Friendship Treaties → hasPart → Treaty of 1778 ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Alliance (1778)
Convention of Mortefontaine → relatedTo → Franco-American Alliance of 1778 ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Alliance (1778)
USS Alliance → namesake → Franco-American alliance ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Alliance (1778)
Saratoga Battlefield → ledTo → Franco-American alliance of 1778 ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Alliance (1778)
Yorktown Battlefield → associatedWith → Franco-American alliance ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Alliance (1778)
Battle of Quaker Hill → involved → Franco-American alliance ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Alliance (1778)
Rochambeau Monument → commemoratesAlliance → Franco-American alliance ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Alliance (1778)
United States (during Revolutionary War) → signedTreaty → Treaty of Alliance (1778) ⓘ
Anglo-French War (1778–1783) → hasCause → Treaty of Alliance (1778) between France and the United States ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Alliance (1778)