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Person

Arthur Lee

Events
1
Episodes
5
Years
1778

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Arthur Lee, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Treaty of Alliance between the United States and France

    1778

    Role: American commissioner and signatory

    1. February 6, 1778 · Paris, site of the treaty signingSigning of the Treaty of Alliance and Treaty of Amity and Commerce

      American commissioners and a French envoy signed both treaties in Paris on February 6, 1778, formalizing a defensive alliance and commercial relations.

    2. February 6, 1778 · Paris, where the alliance treaty was concludedTerms of the Treaty of Alliance

      The defensive alliance guaranteed French military support if commercial and diplomatic ties provoked hostilities with Britain, and allowed Spain to join.

    3. February 6, 1778 · Paris, site of the commercial treaty's signingTreaty of Amity and Commerce: recognition and trade rights

      The Treaty of Amity and Commerce established diplomatic and commercial relations, with France the first nation to formally recognize U.S. sovereignty.

    4. March 13, 1778 · Franco-British diplomatic ruptureFrance notifies Britain; Britain declares war

      France informed Britain of the treaties on March 13, 1778; Britain declared war four days later, bringing France into the American Revolutionary War.

    5. May 2 – September 1, 1778 · United States Congress and FranceRatification and congressional action

      Congress received the signed text on May 2, 1778, ratified it unanimously on May 4, and France ratified on July 16, 1778.

Sources

  1. Treaty of Alliance (1778) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-15