By Ann Harrison and Mary Donohue (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. FALL 2005 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! France’s decision to assist the struggling Continental Army was predicated on the belief that helping the Americans win their independence […]| Connecticut Explored
After the Americans’ stunning victory at Saratoga on October 17, 1777, King Louis XVI ordered his ministers to negotiate a formal alliance between France and the United States. Conrad Alexander Gérard of France and Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee of the United States negotiated the terms of the Franco-American alliance in the Treaty […]| Journal of the American Revolution
