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Franco-English alliance: 1657–1660 Franco-Indian alliance: 1603–1763 Franco-British alliance: 1716–1731 Franco-Spanish alliance: 1733–1792 Franco-Prussian alliance: 1741–1756 Franco-Austrian alliance: 1756–1792 Franco-Indian Alliances: 1700s Franco-Vietnamese alliance: 1777–1820 Franco-American alliance: 1778–1794 Franco-Persian ...
The Franco-American alliance first flourished in Newport, R.I., helping to win the U.S. to win independence.
A Franco-American alliance was formed in 1778 between Louis XVI's France and the United States, during the American Revolutionary War. France successfully contributed in expelling the British from the nascent United States. The Treaty of Paris was signed on 3 September 1783, recognizing American independence and the end of hostilities.
It was signed by delegates of King Louis XVI and the Second Continental Congress in Paris on February 6, 1778, along with the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and a secret clause providing for the entry of other European allies; [1] together these instruments are sometimes known as the Franco-American Alliance [2] or the Treaties of Alliance. [3]
Nevertheless, after the Battle of the Saintes the strategic initiative was passed to the British whose dominance at sea was reasserted and signaled a collapse in the Franco-American alliance. [103] As a result, talks between America and Britain through Shelburne and Franklin began with the British agreeing to recognise the new 'United States'.
Franco-Austrian alliance: 1756–1792 Franco-Indian Alliances: 1700s Franco-Vietnamese alliance: 1777–1820 Franco-American alliance: 1778–1794 Franco-Persian alliance: 1807–1809 Franco-Prussian alliance: 1812–1813 Franco-Austrian alliance: 1812–1813 Franco-Russian alliance: 1892–1917 Entente Cordiale: 1904–present Franco-Polish ...
Liberty! The American Revolution is a six-hour documentary miniseries about the Revolutionary War, and the instigating factors, that brought about the United States' independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. It was first broadcast on the Public Broadcasting Service in 1997. The series consists of six hour-long episodes.
The Franco-American flag is an ethnic flag adopted at a Franco-American conference at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire in May 1983 to represent their New England community. It was designed by Robert L. Couturier, attorney and one-time mayor of Lewiston, Maine , to have a blue field with a white fleur-de-lis over a white five ...