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The Kingdom of France was the first country to have diplomatic ties with the new United States in 1778. The 1778 Treaty of Alliance between the two countries and the subsequent aid provided from France proved decisive in the American victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War.
Following the war, France entered into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with Canada and the United States to deter a repeat of France's occupation by an invading power, this time the Soviet Union. France relations with (at least this part of) the New World were now much closer than for a century, but strains were now far in coming.
The topics of debate between France and the United States regarding NATO are largely a continuation of what they were during previous years. The big difference is that little by little, de Gaulle France is finding room for maneuver and can translate its policy towards NATO into clear positions and concrete actions. The policy relating to NATO ...
Articles 1-3 stipulate that in the case that war broke out between France and Britain during the continuing hostilities of the American Revolutionary War, a military alliance would be formed between France and the United States, which would combine each respective military force and efforts for the direct purpose of maintaining the "liberty ...
CIA activities in France; France and the American Civil War; Civilization: How We All Became American; Committee of American Students of the School of Beaux-Arts, Paris; Conference of Ambassadors; Consulate General of France, Atlanta; Consulate General of France, New York City; Consulate General of France, San Francisco; Convention of 1800
France wants the world to know it has not forgotten about Andrew Young. The former mayor of Atlanta, ambassador to the United Nations under President Jimmy Carter and onetime confidant of Martin ...
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 with Britain erupted as a result of signing the ...
The United States ambassador to France is the official representative of the president of the United States to the president of France. The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with France since the American Revolution. Relations were upgraded to the higher rank of Ambassador in 1893. The diplomatic relationship has continued ...