ARP173 Treaties with France

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

History, Education

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In 1778, the American Commissioners in Paris convince French King Louis XVI to sign a treaty of alliance and a treaty of amity and commerce, recognizing the US as an independent nation. The revelation of this alliance forces Britain to declare war on France. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Ten Key Campaigns of the American Revolution, Mark Edward Lender, ed. Online Recommendation of the Week: The Treaties of 1778, and Allied Documents: https://archive.org/details/treatiesof1778al00fran Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.0	Today episode 173 treaties with France.
0:55.0	The arrival of Benjamin Franklin in France at the end of 1776
1:00.0	had heralded great excitement in France.
1:03.0	American Liberty became a celebrated cause
1:06.0	and many French officers had crossed the Atlantic to participate in the great contest.
1:11.0	The French government, however, took a much more cautious view.
1:16.3	Kings rarely wanted to encourage excited calls of the people to overthrow their king,
1:22.1	even if it was an enemy king.
1:24.0	That sort of thinking could set a bad precedent that might, you know, result in the
1:30.0	King of France losing his head someday. Even so, many French leaders thought the American
1:36.0	rebellion might be a great opportunity to weaken their British rival. An ongoing colonial
1:41.8	rebellion would occupy the British Ministry and sap the empire of men and money.
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