Treaty of Alliance 1778

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Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf treaty
gptkbp:awardedBy gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
gptkbp:context Age of Enlightenment
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Continental_Congress
gptkbp:established mutual defense obligations
gptkbp:finish influence_of_British_colonial_rule
gptkbp:hasCategories French_diplomats
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first formal alliance between the U.S. and a foreign power
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Treaty of Alliance 1778
gptkbp:includes provisions for trade
naval cooperation
gptkbp:influenced subsequent_Franco-American_relations
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:isChallengedBy gptkb:John_Jay
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:John_Adams
Treaty of Amity and Commerce 1778
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor Anti-Federalists
gptkbp:isEngagedIn secret negotiations
gptkbp:isFacilitatedBy fear_of_French_influence_in_American_affairs
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy French_Enlightenment_thinkers
shaping_U.S._foreign_policy
gptkbp:isVisitedBy gptkb:French_government
April 1778
gptkbp:keyIssues victory_at_the_Siege_of_Yorktown
gptkbp:ledTo French_military_assistance
gptkbp:purpose military_alliance_against_Great_Britain
gptkbp:relatedTo Treaty of Paris 1783
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:French_support_for_the_American_Revolution
gptkbp:signatories gptkb:Charles_Gravier,_Comte_de_Vergennes
gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:signature gptkb:France
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:wasAffecting colonial attitudes towards independence
American_military_strategy
British_colonial_policies
French_military_strategy
American_public_opinion
European_diplomatic_relations
French_colonial_ambitions
global_power_dynamics
post-war_relations_with_Britain
future_alliances_of_the_United_States
post-war_relations_with_France
trade_routes_in_the_Atlantic
gptkbp:wasEducatedAt countering_British_naval_power
gptkbp:wasPartOf diplomatic efforts during the war
American_Revolutionary_War_strategy
gptkbp:wasSupportedBy Federalists
gptkbp:yearEstablished February 6, 1778