Treaty of Alliance

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Diplomacy, Letters and Correspondence, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) April 25, 2023 April 23, 2023

Signals and Pilots: Cooperating with the French Fleet, 1778

by Bob Ruppert

France officially joined the American colonies in their struggle for independence on February 6, 1778. On this day two treaties were signed: the first was…

Battles, Diplomacy, Letters and Correspondence, Politics During the War (1775-1783), The War Years (1775-1783) April 20, 2023 April 19, 2023

Victory at Saratoga: Getting the Word Out

by Richard J. Werther

It is axiomatic that the American victory at Saratoga was, aside from events at Yorktown, the pivotal military event of the American Revolution. The…

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Diplomacy, Economics, Politics During the War (1775-1783), The War Years (1775-1783) July 26, 2022 July 25, 2022

Emergence of the French Alliance: The Beginning and Final Phases

by Marvin L. Simner

It is widely acknowledged that the military alliance between the United States and France, established in 1778, was responsible not only for a number…

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1. John Fitzhugh Millar The American Invasion of Canada

Benedict Arnold could see in the summer of 1774 that when a war broke out the British could simply send troops down Lake Champlain from Canada and clamp a lid…
2. Darren Sharrocks The American Invasion of Canada

Good article and very interesting but the spelling and grammar needs correcting.
3. William Cooke The American Invasion of Canada

It may have been more appropriate to use the spelling Canadien to refer to the French-speaking inhabitants of the Province of Quebec during the Revolutionary War.