Anglo-French War (1778–1783)

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The Anglo-French War (1778–1783) was a global conflict in which France entered the American Revolutionary War against Britain, leading to widespread naval and colonial fighting across Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century conflict ⓘ
global conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
belligerent Dutch Republic ⓘ
French client and allied states ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
Maratha Empire ⓘ
Mysore ⓘ
linked to: Mysuru

United States ⓘ
concludedBy Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
Treaty of Paris between Britain and France (1783) ⓘ
Treaty of Versailles (1783) ⓘ
Treaty of Versailles between France and Britain (1783) ⓘ
conflictBetween Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
endTime 1783 ⓘ
hasCause French support for the American colonies against Britain ⓘ
Treaty of Alliance (1778) between France and the United States ⓘ
Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778) between France and the United States ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
Age of Sail ⓘ
impact contributed to financial crisis of the French monarchy ⓘ
facilitated independence of the United States ⓘ
weakened British naval and colonial supremacy ⓘ
location Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
English Channel ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
North America ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
majorBattle Battle of Grenada (1779) ⓘ
Battle of Martinique (1780) ⓘ
Battle of Ushant (1778) ⓘ
Battle of the Chesapeake (1781) ⓘ
Battle of the Saintes (1782) ⓘ
Siege of Cuddalore (1783) ⓘ
Siege of Savannah (1779) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Savannah

Siege of Yorktown (1781) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Yorktown
majorTheater Atlantic naval theater ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Theater

Caribbean theater ⓘ
European coastal waters ⓘ
Indian Ocean theater ⓘ
opposedBy British East India Company ⓘ
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ⓘ
linked to: Braunschweig

Hanover ⓘ
Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
Loyalist forces in North America ⓘ
partOf American Revolutionary War ⓘ
relatedTo American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783) ⓘ
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
result British recognition of American independence ⓘ
redistribution of colonial possessions ⓘ
status quo ante bellum in Europe between Britain and France ⓘ
significantCommander Charles Hector, comte d’Estaing ⓘ
linked to: Comte d’Estaing

François Joseph Paul, comte de Grasse ⓘ
George Brydges Rodney ⓘ
Louis Guillouet, comte d’Orvilliers ⓘ
Pierre André de Suffren ⓘ
Samuel Hood ⓘ
linked to: Admiral Samuel Hood
startTime 1778 ⓘ

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Battle of Cuddalore (1783) → partOf → Anglo-French War (1778–1783) ⓘ
Great Siege of Gibraltar → partOf → Anglo-French War (1778–1783) ⓘ
The Saints → partOf → Anglo-French War (1778–1783) ⓘ
Battle of Ushant (1778) → partOf → Anglo-French War (1778–1783) ⓘ
Battle of Fort Royal → isPartOf → French naval operations in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-French War (1778–1783)
Battle of St. Kitts → partOf → Anglo-French War (1778–1783) ⓘ
Battle of Martinique (1780) → partOf → Anglo-French War (1778–1783) ⓘ
Battle of Porto Praya → relatedConflict → Anglo-French War (1778–1783) ⓘ
Battle of St. Lucia (1778) → partOf → Anglo-French War (1778–1783) ⓘ
Pierre André de Suffren → conflict → Anglo-French War (1778–1783) ⓘ
Sir Edward Hughes → conflict → Anglo-French War (1778–1783) ⓘ
Indian Ocean theatre of the American Revolutionary War → hasPart → Anglo-French War (1778–1783) ⓘ
Battle of Trincomalee → conflict → Anglo-French War (1778–1783) ⓘ
French Indian Ocean squadron → conflict → Anglo-French War (1778–1783) ⓘ
European theatre of the American Revolutionary War → conflict → Anglo-French War (1778–1783) ⓘ
Caribbean theatre of the American Revolutionary War → relatedTo → Anglo-French War (1778–1783) ⓘ