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The Treaty of Amity and Commerce was signed on February 6, 1778 at the Hôtel de Crillon by American delegates Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee, and the French representative to the U.S., Conrad Alexandre Gérard de Rayneva.
Left: Original Franco-American treaty, signed February 6, 1778 Right: Text of the 1778 Franco-American treaty, in a 1782 publication. The Treaty of Alliance (French: traité d'alliance (1778) ), also known as the Franco-American Treaty , was a defensive alliance between the Kingdom of France and the United States formed amid the American ...
February 5 – South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. February 6 – American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France, signaling official recognition of the new republic.
On February 6, 1778, two treaties were signed. The first, the Franco-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce , recognized the independence of the United States and established commercial relations between them; the second treaty, the 1778 Treaty of Alliance was a military alliance and signed immediately thereafter as insurance in case fighting ...
February 6, 1778 [6] Treaty of peace and trade signed by the Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes on the behalf of King Louis XVI. Louis XVI previously stated that he recognized the sovereignty of the United States on December 6, 1777 but he had not signed the treaty. [6] The Netherlands: April 19, 1782
On February 6, 1778, France and the United States signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce regulating trade between the two countries, followed by a defensive military alliance against Britain, the Treaty of Alliance.
February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; ... [6] 1778 – New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. [7]
France formally recognized the United States on February 6, 1778, with the signing of the Treaty of Alliance. Hostilities soon followed after Britain declared war on France on March 17, 1778. The British naval force, then the largest fleet afloat, and French fleet confronted each other from the beginning.