During the American Revolution, the American colonies faced the significant challenge of conducting international diplomacy and seeking the international support it needed to fight against the British. The single most important diplomatic success of the colonists during the War for Independence was the critical link they forged with France.
“French Alliance, French Assistance, and European Diplomacy during the American Revolution, 1778–1782.” Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, history.state.gov/milestones/1776-1783/french-alliance.
Stultz, Joseph F. “Rochambeau.” The Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington, The George Washington Presidential Library, http://www.mountvernon.org/digital-encyclopedia/article/rochambeau/.
The Treaty of Alliance with France was signed on February 6, 1778, creating a military alliance between the United States and France against Great Britain.
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