United+States+and+France+Form+an+Alliance+Against+England

=//__** UNITED STATES AND FRANCE FORM AN ALLIANCE AGAINST ENGLAND **__//=

**The French had many reasons to get back and try to help the Ameicans colonize.It has been said that the [|France] mostly allied with America to get back at the [|British] for the loss of land in America Land. The Frence had lost [|Canada] in the [|1783 Treaty of Paris]. They were very angry because of this and wanted the Britsh to become less powerful. They thought that there best option in doing this was to help the American Colonies gain there [|Independence]. They knew how weak the British had got and how much money they had to spend on the war so it was there best bet to get them while they were down. France offically came into the [|American Revolution]in 1778 to help the Americans. France had the Navy and Soldiers that the [|American Continental Army] needed to win the war, and thats exactly what they did. France and American both worked together for the [|seige] of [|battle of Yorktown in 1781], and getting [|Cornwallis]to surrender. This was the last war of the Revolution. The british were already put into so much debt from this war that the didn't have the money or time to fight anymore, so the Americans had won there battle of Independence. If the Americas didn't win the war, the 2 year draft would have ended and America would have lost their continental army, and their way to fight for their freedom. On [|February 6th, 1778] ,the United States signed the first [|military alliance] This defensive alliance states that the United States will aid France if England is to attack them; further, neither France nor the United States will declare peace with England until the United States are recognized as an independent nation, having not one thing to do with England.**

**Ever since the [|Treaty of Paris] was signed (concluding [|seven years war] ) France has been planning to attack Britain along with the Spanish to gain revenge and show them they've been underestimated for the power England thought they never had. However, once Britain got word of a possible attack, they mobilized a navel army and France backed down. Soon after this affair, John Adams began drafting a [|Commercial Treaty]. So, since France was currently known as an enemy of Britain, they seemed an obvious ally of ours, for your enemy's enemy is your friend.This past September, the Continental Congress sent Ben Franklin along with a team of commissioners to make a treaty with France based on the [|original draft] written by John Adams that was never signed along with the sister treaty to the alliance, the [|Treaty of Amity and Commerce]. The drafts talked about reciprocal trade relations with France, [|however it failed] to mention any military assistance. In an effort to make good relations with [|Spain] and possibly start another alliance with them, the United States asked that France reassure Spain that we had no intentions of annexing [|Spanish land] in America. Still, France declined signing the alignment.**

==**It was no mystery that the reason France wasn't signing our alliance was because they didn't want to become part of a " [|losing team"]. Since Washington and the United States army had been losing battle after battle, we didn't seem in favor of the overal win.** == ==**Thankfully, the [|winning battle of Saratoga] proved to be the turning point of the war; showing France that we would not let them down in our remaining fight to independence! This win catalyzed [|France's decision to join]our efforts to win [|independence] from Britain!** ==


 * [|George Washington] ( February 22, 1732- December 14, 1799) was significant in this battle because he was the first president of the united states. Which was also the first win of the war of the Americans. Not only was he a good President he was a good chief in the army as well. In mid-1793, Britain announced that it would seize any ships trading with the French, including those flying the American flag. In protest, widespread civil disorder erupted in several American cities. By the following year, tensions with Britain were so high that __Washington had to stop all American shipments overseas__. Six large warships were commissioned; among them was the USS Constitution, the legendary [|"Old Ironsides."] An envoy was sent to England to attempt reconciliation, but the British were now building a fortress in Ohio while increasing insurgent elsewhere in America.The President's strong inclination in response to British provocations was to seek a diplomatic solution. But the envoy to England, [|John Jay], negotiated a weak [|Treaty] that undermined freedom of trade on the high seas and failed to compensate Americans for slaves taken by the British during the Revolution. Worst of all, the treaty did not address the then-common British practice of impressment. Congress approved the treaty with the proviso that [|Trade Barriers]imposed by England be lessened. Washington, while dissatisfied with elements of the treaty, signed it nonetheless. **




 * [|King George III] was significant in this battle because at the time he was the king of England when America had enough. Since ex [|loyalists]moved to the Americas, England has not given them a break what so ever. He taxed everything imaginable. He cut off all trades with other trading ports around them. Americans could't buy things from anyone else but England. [|Taxing] the things they needed the most like tea & sugar, drew the line. Americans went crazy. They made the [|Tea Act]. All they wanted to was to be away from England, not still a part of them, they wanted to have nothing to do with them. After everything he has put them through they decided they wanted NO part with England what so ever. Making the Americans and French (who were [|Allies]). **



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[|French Contribution to USA]